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
It is as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out.
Hope, deceitful as it is, carries us through life agreeably enough.
People would not long remain in social life if they were not the dupes of each other.
In love deceit nearly always goes further than mistrust.
Our distrust justifies the deceit of others.
One may outwit another, but not all the others.
Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
Some disguised deceits counterfeit truth so perfectly that not to be taken in by them would be an error of judgment.
In love deceit almost always outstrips distrust.
In love the deceit generally outstrips the distrust.
Our distrust of another justifies his deceit.
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one.
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.