Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable,...

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable,...

Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.

Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.

The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or...

The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or...

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love...

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love...

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of...

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of...

Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.

Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of...

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of...

The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.

The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a...

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a...

On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.

On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

We are never either so fortunate or so misfortunate as we imagine.

We are never either so fortunate or so misfortunate as we imagine.

We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.

We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.

The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they...

The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they...

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking...

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking...

What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity...

What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity...

There are few people who are not ashamed of their love affairs when the infatuation...

There are few people who are not ashamed of their love affairs when the infatuation...

And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he...

And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he...

I have said nothing because there is nothing I can say that would describe how...

I have said nothing because there is nothing I can say that would describe how...

These two truths are the same in weight and importance. Accept and love WHO and...

These two truths are the same in weight and importance. Accept and love WHO and...