Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Some good qualities are like the senses: Those who are entirely deprived of them can have no notion of them.
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
Notion
Quality
Good
Like
Deprived
Qualities
Entirely
Senses
Goodness
More quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We make promises to the extent that we hope-and keep them to the extent that we fear.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is difficult to define love all we can say is, that in the soul it is a desire to rule, in the mind it is a sympathy, and in the body it is a hidden and delicate wish to possess what we love-Plus many mysteries.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Though confidence is very fine, and makes the future sunny I want no confidence for mine, I'd rather have the money
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We often see malefactors, when they are led to execution, put on resolution and a contempt of death which, in truth, is nothing else but fearing to look it in the face--so that this pretended bravery may very truly be said to do the same good office to their mind that the blindfold does to their eyes.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it to their own prejudice.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
To be a great man it is necessary to know how to profit by the whole of our good fortune.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
No one thinks fortune so blind as those she has been least kind to.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Self-love is more cunning than the most cunning man in the world.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Women can more easily conquer their passion than their coquetterie.
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
Few things are impossible in themselves: application to make them succeed fails us more often than the means.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We should not judge a man's merits by his great qualities, but by the use he makes of them.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Men's happiness and misery depends altogether as much upon their own humor as it does upon fortune.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Humility is often only feigned submission which people use to render others submissive. It is a subterfuge of pride which lowers itself in order to rise.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Weakness is the only fault that is incorrigible.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
