We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Hope 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...

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the...

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the...

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...

It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil...

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil...

The mind is always the patsy of the heart.

The mind is always the patsy of the heart.

Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of...

Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of...

The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as...

The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as...

We pardon to the extent that we love.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves...

People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves...

In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than...

In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than...

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets...

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets...

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...

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about...

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about...

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

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

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

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing...

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing...