Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of...#Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating...#Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.#Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present...#Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting....#Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing...#Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the...#Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with...#Francois De La Rochefoucauld
