Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld
convinces orators passions speakers-and-speaking
Passions are the only orators to always convinces us.
homage hypocrisy pays vice
Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue.
clever evil extent full hardly man recognize
There is hardly a man clever enough to recognize the full extent of the evil he does.
examine happy hearts possess
Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already possess it.
appearance desire natural prevents seem
Nothing so much prevents our being natural as the desire to seem so.
hatred judge love nearly resembles
If we are to judge of love by the consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
accept secret secrets unable
How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves.
brilliant great result unless viewed
How ever a brilliant an action, it should not be viewed as great unless it is the result of a great motive.
acquire fame great judged means men ought
The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used to acquire it.
jealousy
In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.
birth confidence gives ourselves self-esteem
The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.
cleverness conceal height
The height of cleverness is being able to conceal it.
depends happiness humorous men
The happiness or unhappiness of men depends as much on their humors as on fortune.
fear justice love men simply suffering
The love of justice in most men is simply the fear of suffering injustice.