Some beautiful things are more dazzling when they are still imperfect than when they have been too perfectly crafted. Francois de La Rochefoucauld More Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld More Quotes From Francois de La Rochefoucauld We are never so happy, nor so unhappy, as we suppose ourselves to be. Francois de La Rochefoucauld inner-peaceunhappyhappiness Truth is the foundation and the reason of the perfection of beauty, for of whatever stature a thing may be, it cannot be beautiful-and perfect, unless it be truly what it should be, and possess truly all that it should have. Francois de La Rochefoucauld should-havebeautifulbeauty He who lives without committing any folly is not so wise as he thinks. Francois de La Rochefoucauld sagewisethinking There are some who never would have loved if they never had heard it spoken of. Francois de La Rochefoucauld ifsheard Fortune cures us of many faults that reason could not. Francois de La Rochefoucauld faultsreasonfortune Humility is often only a feigned submissiveness by which men hope to bring other people to submit to them; it is a more calculated sort of pride. Francois de La Rochefoucauld pridehumilitymen If you cannot find peace in yourself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere. Francois de La Rochefoucauld finding-peaceuselesslooks In their early passions women are in love with the lover, later they are in love with love. Francois de La Rochefoucauld passionlovers It is harder to hide the feelings we have than to feign the ones we do not have. Francois de La Rochefoucauld harderfeelings Jealousy is always born with love, but does not die with it. In jealousy there is more of self-love than of love to another. Francois de La Rochefoucauld bornselfdoe Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment it ceases to hope or to fear. Francois de La Rochefoucauld impulsemomentsfire Loyalty is in most people only a ruse used by self-interest to attract confidence. Francois de La Rochefoucauld loyaltyselfpeople One should treat one's fate as one does one's health; enjoy it when it is good, be patient with it when it is poor, and never attempt any drastic cure save as an ultimate resort. Francois de La Rochefoucauld fatepatientdoe Plenty of people want to be pious, but no one yearns to be humble. Francois de La Rochefoucauld humblewantpeople Tricks and treachery are merely proofs of lack of skill. Francois de La Rochefoucauld prooftricksskills It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives to all the miseries, but is dead to all the pleasures. Francois de La Rochefoucauld agebirthdaymen Το know how to profit by good advice, requires nearly as much ability as to know how to act for one'self. Francois de La Rochefoucauld profitselfadvice Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love. Francois de La Rochefoucauld ambitiondoelove Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone. Francois de La Rochefoucauld would-beperfectinspirational Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too. Francois de La Rochefoucauld envyprideinspire
