François de La Rochefoucauld Browse All Authors Top 56 quotes by François de La Rochefoucauld How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves. François de La Rochefoucauld To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art. François de La Rochefoucauld We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us. François de La Rochefoucauld Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. François de La Rochefoucauld We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones. François de La Rochefoucauld Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as we pass from suspicion to certainty. François de La Rochefoucauld Vanity makes us do more things against inclination than reason. François de La Rochefoucauld Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it. François de La Rochefoucauld Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit. François de La Rochefoucauld Few are agreeable in conversation, because each thinks of what he intends to say than of what others are saying, and listens no more when he himself has a chance to speak. François de La Rochefoucauld Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed. François de La Rochefoucauld He who lives without folly is not so wise as he imagines. François de La Rochefoucauld He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks. François de La Rochefoucauld Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue. François de La Rochefoucauld If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others. François de La Rochefoucauld In Boxing,"it's better to Give than to Receive" François de La Rochefoucauld In jealousy there is more of self-love, than of love to another. François de La Rochefoucauld It is a great ability to be able to conceal one's ability. François de La Rochefoucauld It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible. François de La Rochefoucauld It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it. François de La Rochefoucauld
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