Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld quotes about
bringing contagious evil example good great
Nothing is so contagious as an example. We never do great good or evil without bringing about more of the same on the part of others.
absence candles diminishes fans great increases passions wind
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
flatterer french-writer greatest
Self-love is the greatest flatterer in the world.
cleverness conceal great
It is great cleverness to know how to conceal our cleverness.
acquire fame great judged means men ought
The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used to acquire it.
brilliant great result unless viewed
How ever a brilliant an action, it should not be viewed as great unless it is the result of a great motive.
absence blows candles great increases mediocre passions wind
Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and kindles fires.
born certain envy great qualities sign
The most certain sign of being born with great qualities is to be born without envy
french-writer frequently vices virtues
Our virtues are most frequently but vices in disguise.
constancy cute-love giving heart itself love perpetual preference sweet-love
Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to each of the lover's qualities, giving preference now to one, now to another.
funny-love hatred judge love resembles usual
If we judge of love by its usual effects, it resembles hatred more than friendship.
appearance desire natural prevents seem
Nothing so much prevents our being natural as the desire to seem so.
advice deceived mistrust shameful
It is more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them
complains judgment-and-judges nobody
Everyone complains of the badness of his memory, but nobody of his judgment.