1,221 Quotes by François de La Rochefoucauld

A sure way to arouse love is to love very little yourself.

The great interests of man: air and light, the joy of having a body, the voluptuousness of looking.

When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

All of us have sufficient fortitude to bear the misfortunes of others.

High titles debase, instead of elevate, those who know not how to support them.

Although men flatter themselves with their great actions, they are not so often the result of a great design as of chance.

Were we to take as much pains to be what we ought, as we do to disguise what we are, we might appear like ourselves without being at the trouble of any disguise at all.

Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily.

If we had no vices ourselves we should take less pleasure in identifying those of others.