1,221 Quotes by François de La Rochefoucauld

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity.

The fame of great men ought to be judged always by their big, fancy names.

People are more slanderous from vanity than from malice.

Often we are firm from weakness, and audacious from timidity.

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

There are some who never would have loved if they never had heard it spoken of.

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.

The more we love, the nearer we are to hate.

No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.