1,221 Quotes by François de La Rochefoucauld

Envy is destroyed by true friendship, as coquetry by true love.

Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.

We often do shallow good in order to accomplish evil with impunity.

A man of understanding finds less difficulty in submitting to a wrong-headed fellow, than in attempting to set him right.

Without humility, we keep all our defects; and they are only crusted over by pride, which conceals them from others, and often from ourselves.

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments and passions.

Some people are like popular songs that you only sing for a short time.

The prospect of being pleased tomorrow will never console me for the boredom of today.