He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes

We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.

We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us...

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us...

How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to...

How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to...

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with...

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with...

That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least...

That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least...

There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate...

There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate...

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love...

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love...

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so...

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so...

If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.

If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.

There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans...

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans...

There are heroes in evil as well as in good.

There are heroes in evil as well as in good.

Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting....

Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting....

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all...

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all...