Quotes by François De La Rochefoucauld

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and...

#Absence, #Fire

Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to...

#Accidents, #Life

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

#Admiration

The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth

#Appreciation, #Gifts

In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that is not exactly...

#Adversity, #Best Friend

True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing...

#Bravery

Though men pride themselves on their great actions, often they are not the results of...

#Chance

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others

#Cheating

It is great cleverness to known when to conceal one's cleverness

#Cleverness

The pomp of funerals has more regard to the vanity of the living than the...

#Funerals

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are...

#Example

Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation

#Flattery