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
Avarice misapprehends itself almost always. There is no passion which more often will miss its aim, nor upon which the present has so much influence to the prejudice of the future.
We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving others.
We have more ability than will power, and it is often an excuse to ourselves that we imagine that things are impossible.
Women do not know all their powers of flirtation.
To boast that one never flirts is actually a kind of flirtation.
Sometimes, occasions occur in life which demand you to be a little foolish in order to skillfully extricate yourself.
When we exaggerate our friends' tenderness towards us, it is often less from gratitude than from a desire to exhibit our own virtue.
The extreme delight we experience in talking about ourselves should warn us that those who listen do not share it.
The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.
Nothing should lessen our satisfaction with ourselves as much as when we notice that we disapprove of something at one time that we approve of at another time.
A clever man should handle his interests so that each will fall in suitable order of their value.
Wisdom is the mind what health is to the body.
Renewed friendships require more care than those that have never been broken.
Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.