Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld
eloquent man natural passions persuasive rules simplest
The passions are the only advocates which always persuade. They are a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.
admire love whom
We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.
admire french-writer love
We always love those that admire us, but we do not always love those we admire.
detail good happened last memory recall
Why is our memory good enough to recall to the last detail things that have happened to us, yet not good enough to recall how often we have told them to the same person.
condition french-writer people render seldom ungrateful
We seldom find people ungrateful so long as we are in a condition to render them service.
evil good order
We often do good in order that we may do evil with impunity.
below bitter hate hatred places whom
When our hatred is too bitter it places us below those whom we hate.
cute-love everybody few love talks true
True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.
deceives few persons praise prefer sufficient wisdom
Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives them.
fights side wrong
Fights would not last, if only one side was wrong
bringing contagious evil example good great
Nothing is so contagious as an example. We never do great good or evil without bringing about more of the same on the part of others.
complains judgment-and-judges nobody
Everyone complains of the badness of his memory, but nobody of his judgment.
conceal cute-love disguise exists love
There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate it where it does not.
affairs ashamed few love people sad-love
There are few people who are not ashamed of their love affairs when the infatuation is over.