Inspirational quotes by La Rochefoucauld.
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones just as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire.
We always love those who admire us and we do not always love those whom we admire.
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for being no longer in a position to give bad examples.
We give advice but we do not inspire conduct.
Few people know how to be old.
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person?
We often forgive those who bore us but can't forgive those whom we bore.
True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.
Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.
The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken.
The reason why lovers are never wary of one another is this - they are always talking of themselves.
True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary and nothing but what is necessary.
A fashionable woman is always in love - with herself.
He who lives without committing any folly is not so wise as he thinks.
He who lives without folly is not as wise as he thinks.
It is not enough to succeed a friend must fail.
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything let us examine how happy they are who already possess it.
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness unless he has the strength of character to be wicked. All other goodness is generally nothing but indolence or impotence of will.
Generosity is the vanity of giving.
There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits.
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