Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as we pass from suspicion to certainty

Quote by FranÃ§ois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Jealousy Quotes

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

Virtue would not go to such lengths if vanity did not keep her company

Virtue would not go to such lengths if vanity did not keep her company

There are heroes in evil as well as in good

There are heroes in evil as well as in good

A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus...

A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus...

It is more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them

It is more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them

There are two kinds of curiosity: the first drives us to seek what serves our...

There are two kinds of curiosity: the first drives us to seek what serves our...

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish...

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish...

Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to...

Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to...

Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are...

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are...

The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits

The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and...

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and...

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome...

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome...

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do...

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do...

A man is perhaps ungrateful, but often less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor is.

A man is perhaps ungrateful, but often less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor is.

There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot...

There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot...

People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.

People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....