We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.

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...

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so...

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so...

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.

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.

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom...

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom...

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if...

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if...

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to...

In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to...

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...

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...

Only the contemptible fear contempt.

Only the contemptible fear contempt.

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests,...

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests,...

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.

If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to...

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to...

Jealously is always born with love but it does not die with it.

Jealously is always born with love but it does not die with it.

Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.

Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.

True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.

True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

Love is a spendthrift, leaves it arithmetic at home, is always in the red.

Love is a spendthrift, leaves it arithmetic at home, is always in the red.

Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory...

Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory...