No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
As one grows older, one become…
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Hypocrisy is the homage vice p…
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The happiness and misery of me…
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
However greatly we distrust th…
However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Those that have had great pass…
Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Peoples personalities, like bu…
People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Our concern for the loss of ou…
Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Gracefulness is to the body wh…
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If it were not for the company…
If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld