56 Quotes by Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld

The passions are the only advocates which always persuade. They are a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.

We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.

We always love those that admire us, but we do not always love those we admire.

Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives them.

Fights would not last, if only one side was wrong

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as we are in a condition to render them service.

Too great a hurry to discharge an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

We credit scarcely any persons with good sense except those who are of our opinion.