Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

Quote by Francois La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Mind Quotes, Thought Quotes

We may give advice, but we can't inspire conduct

We may give advice, but we can't inspire conduct

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.

Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.

Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.

When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us...

When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us...

Little minds are too much hurt by little things; great minds are quite conscious of...

Little minds are too much hurt by little things; great minds are quite conscious of...

Old men like to give good advice in order to console themselves for not being...

Old men like to give good advice in order to console themselves for not being...

Love is like the ocean waves, it either has it high or low times and...

Love is like the ocean waves, it either has it high or low times and...

The only thing constant in life is change.

The only thing constant in life is change.

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...

Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than...

Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than...

Fertility of mind does not furnish us with so many resources on the same matter,...

Fertility of mind does not furnish us with so many resources on the same matter,...

We often pass from love to ambition, but we hardly ever return from ambition to...

We often pass from love to ambition, but we hardly ever return from ambition to...

We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love is our...

We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love is our...

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.

Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass...

Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass...

Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to...

Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to...

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...

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

Health is better than wealth.

Health is better than wealth.

I moved to New York City for my health. I'm paranoid and it was the...

I moved to New York City for my health. I'm paranoid and it was the...