Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Faults Quotes, Idleness Quotes

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally...

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally...

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

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...

We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.

We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.

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 mind is always the patsy of the heart.

The mind is always the patsy of the heart.

We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.

We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.

When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly...

When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly...

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

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

Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.

Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.

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.

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.

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,...

Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.

Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

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...

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 loved with a love that was more than love.

We loved with a love that was more than love.

Man knows the Illusion of his Life and not the Absolute Truth, the man creates...

Man knows the Illusion of his Life and not the Absolute Truth, the man creates...

Against persistent love there is nothing that can be done; it blunts all weapons

Against persistent love there is nothing that can be done; it blunts all weapons