François de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
François de La Rochefoucauld
Almost always we are bored by people to whom we ourselves are boring.
François de La Rochefoucauld
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
François de La Rochefoucauld
Friendship is only a reciprocal conciliation of interests.
François de La Rochefoucauld
One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.
François de La Rochefoucauld
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.
François de La Rochefoucauld
We are never so happy or so unhappy as we think.
François de La Rochefoucauld
He who lives without folly is not as wise as he may think.
François de La Rochefoucauld
If we have not peace within ourselves it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
François de La Rochefoucauld
A weakling is incapable of sincerity.
François de La Rochefoucauld
We are often more treacherous through weakness than calculation
François de La Rochefoucauld
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand different versions.
François de La Rochefoucauld
We do not wish ardently for what we desire only through reason.
François de La Rochefoucauld
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
François de La Rochefoucauld
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.
François de La Rochefoucauld
Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
François de La Rochefoucauld
Though men pride themselves on their great actions often they are not the result of any great design but of chance.
François de La Rochefoucauld
It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
François de La Rochefoucauld