Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillacla ʁɔʃfuˈko]; 15 September 1613 – 17 March 1680) was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs. It is said that his world-view was clear-eyed and urbane, and that he neither condemned human conduct nor sentimentally celebrated it. Born in Paris on the Rue des Petits Champs, at a time when the royal court was vacillating between aiding the nobility and threatening it, he was considered an exemplar of the accomplished 17th-century...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth15 September 1613
CountryFrance
A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.
Hypocrisy is an homage that vice renders to virtue.
To praise princes for virtues they do not possess is to insult them without fear of consequences.
In order to succeed in the world people do their upmost to appear successful.
Self-interest speaks all manner of tongues and plays all manner of parts, even that of disinterestedness.
We often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have, thus when weak we boast of our obstinacy.
A fashionable woman is always in love - with herself.
No matter how much care we put into hiding our passions under the appearances of devotion and honor, they can always be seen to peer out through these covers.
Those who are themselves incapable of great crimes are ever backward to suspect others.
It is as proper to have pride in oneself as it ridiculous to show it to others.
We should not judge a man's merits by his great qualities, but by the use he makes of them.
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms. Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati The 11 Karmic Spaces: Choosing Freedom from the Patterns That Bind You There are two kinds of faithfulness in love: one is based on forever finding new things to love in the loved one; the other is based on our pride in being faithful.
It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp.