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

Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting....

Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting....

We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look...

We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look...

They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.

They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.

Taste may change, but inclination never.

Taste may change, but inclination never.

You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to...

You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to...

Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember...

Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember...

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

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...

Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.

Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.

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...

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second...

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second...

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

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

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

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of...

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of...

Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these...

Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these...

It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we...

It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we...

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating...

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating...

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love...

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love...

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.