It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others. Francois de La Rochefoucauld More Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld More Quotes From Francois de La Rochefoucauld We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions. Francois de La Rochefoucauld opinion agreement share What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them. Francois de La Rochefoucauld jealousy cutting pain We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld wisdom advice giving The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her. Francois de La Rochefoucauld hate disappointment love What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love. Francois de La Rochefoucauld business love friendship The intellect is always fooled by the heart. Francois de La Rochefoucauld intellect broken-heart emotion When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness. Francois de La Rochefoucauld his-love faithful men If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection. Francois de La Rochefoucauld broken-heart judging love All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones. Francois de La Rochefoucauld passion dream love The heart is forever making the head its fool. Francois de La Rochefoucauld sweet-love hate heart Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. Francois de La Rochefoucauld indifference behaviour perfect We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to be. Francois de La Rochefoucauld ridiculous There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness. Francois de La Rochefoucauld goodness would-be people In love we often doubt what we most believe. Francois de La Rochefoucauld romantic-love love believe Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency. Francois de La Rochefoucauld vanity money giving Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company. Francois de La Rochefoucauld company vanity virtue Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead. Francois de La Rochefoucauld vanity funeral honor The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others. Francois de La Rochefoucauld oneself deceived way It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever. Francois de La Rochefoucauld cleverness able clever It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit. Francois de La Rochefoucauld credit virtue laziness
