Francois De La Rochefoucauld Quotes

The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.

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In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances.

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A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.

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We are never so ridiculous by the qualities we have, as by those we affect to have.

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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

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Lovers never get tired of each other because they are forever talking about themselves.

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Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.

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How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves.

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In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.

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Envy is more irreconcilable than hatred.

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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

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The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.

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We never desire strongly, what we desire rationally.

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Only the great can afford to have great defects.

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True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.

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We forget our faults easily when they are known to ourselves alone.

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Taste may change, but inclination never.

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There is hardly a man clever enough to recognize the full extent of the evil he does.

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There are ways which lead to everything, and if we have sufficient will we should always have sufficient means.

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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.

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The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used to acquire it.

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We would rather speak badly of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

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If I advance, follow me If I retreat, kill me If I die, avenge me

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It is not enough to succeed, others must fail.

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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.

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