If one judges love according to the greatest part of the effects it produces, it would appear to resemble rather hatred than kindness. Francois de La Rochefoucauld More Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld More Quotes From Francois de La Rochefoucauld The only security is courage. Francois de La Rochefoucauld security Affected simplicity is an elegant imposture. Francois de La Rochefoucauld elegantaffectedsimplicity However much we may distrust men's sincerity, we always believe they speak to us more sincerely than to others. Francois de La Rochefoucauld maymenbelieve The extreme pleasure we take in speaking of ourselves should make us apprehensive that it gives hardly any to those who listen to us. Francois de La Rochefoucauld pleasureshouldgiving We feel good and ill only in proportion to our self-love. Francois de La Rochefoucauld proportionfeel-goodself There are some bad qualities which make great talents. Francois de La Rochefoucauld bad-qualitiestalentquality Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike. Francois de La Rochefoucauld donewaythinking Tastes in young people are changed by natural impetuosity, and in the aged are preserved by habit. Francois de La Rochefoucauld habittastepeople The tranquility or agitation of our temper does not depend so much on the big things which happen to us in life, as on the pleasant or unpleasant arrangements of the little things which happen daily. Francois de La Rochefoucauld agitationdoelittles Truth does less good in the world than its appearances do harm. Francois de La Rochefoucauld truthdoeworld Truth does not do as much good in the world as its imitations do harm. Francois de La Rochefoucauld imitationdoeworld We like to read others but we do not like to be read. Francois de La Rochefoucauld understanding-othersunderstanding The most violent passions sometimes leave us at rest, but vanity agitates us constantly. Francois de La Rochefoucauld vanitypassionsometimes Vices are ingredients of virtues just as poisons are ingredients of remedies. Prudence mixes and tempers them and uses them effectively against life's ills. Francois de La Rochefoucauld poisonvicesuse Often we are firm from weakness, and audacious from timidity. Francois de La Rochefoucauld audaciousfirmweakness The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark. Francois de La Rochefoucauld witmarkfaults There is scarcely any man sufficiently clever to appreciate all the evil he does. Francois de La Rochefoucauld appreciateclevermen All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat and cold of the blood. Francois de La Rochefoucauld degreespassionblood However evil men may be they dare not be openly hostile to virtue, and so when they want to attack it they pretend to find it spurious , or impute crimes to it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld evilmaymen He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason by chance but he who knows it and can judge it and has a true taste for it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld tastejudgingmen
