Quotes by Francois La Rochefoucauld

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

#Flattery, #Money

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.

#Advice

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

#Money

Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set...

#Advice

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a...

#Advice

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they...

#Advice

Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

#Advice

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

#Advice

Old men like to give good advice in order to console themselves for not being...

#Advice

We may give advice, but we can't inspire conduct.

#Advice

Few people know death, we only endure it, usually from determination, and even from stupidity...

#Stupidity

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

#Luck, #Opportunity