No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

Taste may change, but inclination never.

Taste may change, but inclination never.

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

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

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it...

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it...

If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions,...

If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions,...

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.

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.

Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.

Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.

Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make...

Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make...

Only the contemptible fear contempt.

Only the contemptible fear contempt.

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is...

A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is...

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody...

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody...