Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Friends Quotes

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that...

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that...

We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.

We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.

As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words,...

As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words,...

A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.

A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.

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...

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.

Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.

Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.

Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can; and when once...

Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can; and when once...

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

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...

We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than...

We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than...

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

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

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they...

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they...

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us...

Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us...

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.

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...

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 are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.

We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.

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

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