Quote #17123
Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of...
Category Archives: La Rochefoucauld
Quote #17092
We rarely think that people have good sense unless they agree with us.
Quote #17108
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
Quote #17124
A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for...
Quote #17093
Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils but present evils triumph over...
Quote #17109
If we resist our passions, it is more from their weakness than from our...
Quote #17125
There is no accident so disastrous that a clever man cannot derive some profit...
Quote #17094
The man who lives free from folly is not so wise as he thinks.
Quote #17110
Those who give too much attention to trifling things become generally incapable of great...
Quote #17126
Everyone complains of his memory, none of his judgment.