La rochefoucauld jelaousy

If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere.

François de la Rochefoucauld

There are ways which lead to everything, and if we have sufficient will we should always have sufficient means.

François de la Rochefoucauld

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

François de la Rochefoucauld

Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.

François de la Rochefoucauld

Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.

François de la Rochefoucauld

A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus can he persuade others, as well as himself, that he is a worthy target for the arrows of fate.

François de la Rochefoucauld

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

François de la Rochefoucauld

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

François de la Rochefoucauld

It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.

François de la Rochefoucauld

The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance.

François de la Rochefoucauld

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

François de la Rochefoucauld

We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.

François de la Rochefoucauld

We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate it where it does not.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is a great ability to be able to conceal one's ability.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We are never either so fortunate or so misfortunate as we imagine.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

La rochefoucauld jelaousy

If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere.

We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree with us.

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

The heart is forever making the head its fool.

There are ways which lead to everything, and if we have sufficient will we should always have sufficient means.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.

Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.

A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus can he persuade others, as well as himself, that he is a worthy target for the arrows of fate.

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.

The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance.

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

We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.

We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.

Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate it where it does not.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.

It is a great ability to be able to conceal one's ability.

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

We are never either so fortunate or so misfortunate as we imagine.