“What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.Quote by Francois De La RochefoucauldTopics: Quotes about Francois De La RochefoucauldShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of...#Francois De La Rochefoucauld
We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find...#Francois De La Rochefoucauld
What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests,...#Friendship
We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive...#Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues...#Francois De La Rochefoucauld
How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet...#Francois De La Rochefoucauld
