The love of glory, the fear of disgrace, the incentive to succeed, the desire to live in comfort, and the instinct to humiliate others are often the cause of that courage so renowned among men

Quote by Francois La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Desire Quotes, Fear Quotes, Love Quotes

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate...

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate...

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is...

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is...

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...

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.

Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.

In their first passion women love their lovers, in all the others they love love.

In their first passion women love their lovers, in all the others they love love.

Most women do not grieve so much for the death of their lovers for love's-sake,...

Most women do not grieve so much for the death of their lovers for love's-sake,...

Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out a candle,...

Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out a candle,...

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

The pleasure of love is in loving. We are much happier in the passion we...

The pleasure of love is in loving. We are much happier in the passion we...

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...

However evil men may be they dare not be openly hostile to virtue, and so...

However evil men may be they dare not be openly hostile to virtue, and so...

Though confidence is very fine, and makes the future sunny; I want no confidence for...

Though confidence is very fine, and makes the future sunny; I want no confidence for...

When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.

When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.

If we judge of love by its usual effects, it resembles hatred more than friendship.

If we judge of love by its usual effects, it resembles hatred more than friendship.

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a...

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a...

The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to...

The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to...

Statistically speaking, there is a 65 percent chance that the love of your life is...

Statistically speaking, there is a 65 percent chance that the love of your life is...