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 easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
Few are sufficiently wise to prefer censure which is useful to praise which is treacherous.
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty.
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it to their own prejudice.
In growing old, we become more foolish - and more wise.
The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts.
It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp.
Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.
No accidents are so unlucky [bad] but that the wise may draw some advantage [good] from them...