Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld
affairs ashamed few love people sad-love
There are few people who are not ashamed of their love affairs when the infatuation is over.
failure means people rather
It is for want of application, rather than of means that people fail,
advice age-and-aging bad console good longer love people themselves
Old people love to give good advice to console themselves for no longer being able to set a bad example.
condition french-writer people render seldom ungrateful
We seldom find people ungrateful so long as we are in a condition to render them service.
cannot contentment seek useless
When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
badly egotism ourselves rather speak talk
We would rather speak badly of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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.
desire lead sufficient ways
There are ways which lead to everything, and if we have sufficient will we should always have sufficient means.
french-writer frequently vices virtues
Our virtues are most frequently but vices in disguise.
becomes doubt entirely madness pass soon stops
Live on doubts; it becomes madness or stops entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
advice deceived mistrust shameful
It is more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them
easy others wisdom wise
It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.
convinces orators passions speakers-and-speaking
Passions are the only orators to always convinces us.
cleverness conceal great
It is great cleverness to know how to conceal our cleverness.