1,221 Quotes by François de La Rochefoucauld

Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.

Death and the sun are not to be looked at steadily.

Nothing is rarer than true good nature; they who are reputed to have it are generally only pliant or weak.

It is easier to fall in love when you are out of it than to get out of it when you are in.

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.

Our enemies' opinion of us comes closer to the truth than our own.

The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits.

One honor won is a surety for more.

No man can love a second time the person whom he has once truly ceased to love.