Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Of all the violent passions, the one that becomes a woman best is love.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Age: 66 †
Born: 1613
Born: September 15
Died: 1680
Died: March 17
Memoirist
Military Personnel
Writer
Paris
France
François VI
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Prince de Marcillac
François
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Love
Passions
Violent
Becomes
Passion
Woman
Best
More quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The qualities we have do not make us so ridiculous as those which we affect to have. [Fr., On n'est jamais si ridicule par les qualites que l'on a que par celles que l'on affecte d'avoir.]
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We take less pains to be happy, than to appear so.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A man does not please long when he has only species of wit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms. Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati The 11 Karmic Spaces: Choosing Freedom from the Patterns That Bind You There are two kinds of faithfulness in love: one is based on forever finding new things to love in the loved one the other is based on our pride in being faithful.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Fortune cures us of many faults that reason could not.
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
When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
What renders other people's vanity insufferable is that it wounds our own.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is a mistake to imagine, that the violent passions only, such as ambition and love, can triumph over the rest. Idleness, languid as it is, often masters them all she influences all our designs and actions, and insensibly consumes and destroys both passions and virtues.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the manner in which it is done. [Fr., On croit quelquefoir hair la flatterie maid on ne hait que a maniere de flatter.]
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Fortune and humor govern the world.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
When the soul is ruffled by the remains of one passion, it is more disposed to entertain a new one than when it is entirely curedand at rest from all.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There are some persons who only disgust with their abilities, there are persons who please even with their faults.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We pardon to the extent that we love.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Commonplace minds usually condemn what is beyond the reach of their understanding.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
