1,221 Quotes by François de La Rochefoucauld

Our hopes, often though they deceive us, lead us pleasantly along the path of life.

One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.

The caprice of our temper is even more whimsical than that of Fortune.

In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.

Few things are impossible in themselves: application to make them succeed fails us more often than the means.

Silence is the best tactic for he who distrusts himself.

In misfortune we often mistake dejection for constancy; we bear it without daring to look on it; like cowards, who suffer themselves to be murdered without resistance.

The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune.

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.