1,221 Quotes by François de La Rochefoucauld

Novelty is to love like bloom to fruit; it gives a luster which is easily effaced, but never returns.

Humility is the worst form of conceit.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.

Ridicule dishonours more than dishonour.

Wit sometimes enables us to act rudely with impunity.

Our envy always outlives the felicity of its object.

The simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.

Intrepidity is an extraordinary strength of soul, which raises it above the troubles, disorders and emotions which the sight of great perils can arouse in it; by this strength heroes maintain a calm aspect and preserve their reason and liberty in the most surprising and terrible accidents.