1,221 Quotes by François de La Rochefoucauld

It is far better to be deceived than undeceived by those whom we tenderly love.

The reason we bitterly hate those who deceive us is because they think they are cleverer than we are.

The reason we do not let our friends see the very bottom of our hearts is not so much distrust of them as distrust of ourselves.

We often act treacherously more from weakness than from a fixed motive.

It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad.

In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.

Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.

Nature has concealed at the bottom of our minds talents and abilities of which we are not aware.

The appearances of goodness and merit often meet with a greater reward from the world than goodness and merit themselves.