There are some good marriages, but practically no delightful ones. Francois de La Rochefoucauld More Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld More Quotes From Francois de La Rochefoucauld If a man doesn't find ease in himself, 'tis in vain to seek it elsewhere. Francois de La Rochefoucauld vain ease men There are some persons who only disgust with their abilities, there are persons who please even with their faults. Francois de La Rochefoucauld disgusting ability faults Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments and passions. Francois de La Rochefoucauld design passion events None deserve praise for being good who have not the spirit to be bad: goodness, for the most part, is nothing but indolence or weakness of will. Francois de La Rochefoucauld atheism weakness fear Death and the sun are not to be looked at steadily. Francois de La Rochefoucauld sun death Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires. Francois de La Rochefoucauld i-miss-you love romantic There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations. Francois de La Rochefoucauld imitation kind love Sometimes in life situations develop that only the half-crazy can get out of. Francois de La Rochefoucauld crazy half sometimes The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again. Francois de La Rochefoucauld skins taken mind Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well. Francois de La Rochefoucauld mind heart inspirational Death, like the sun, cannot be looked at steadily. Francois de La Rochefoucauld sun science death Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is solid refinement. Francois de La Rochefoucauld refinement comparison delicacy We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them. Francois de La Rochefoucauld ungrateful-people long people Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever. Francois de La Rochefoucauld passion clever men Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty. Francois de La Rochefoucauld jealousy madness doubt A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. Francois de La Rochefoucauld workout praise desire If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship. Francois de La Rochefoucauld broken-heart love friendship The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech. Francois de La Rochefoucauld birth-place mind heart What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give. Francois de La Rochefoucauld vanity generosity exercise As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing. Francois de La Rochefoucauld saying-nothing few-words wisdom
