Our good qualities expose us more to hatred and persecution than all the ill we do. — François de La Rochefoucauld
There are certain defects which, well-mounted, glitter like virtue itself. — François de La Rochefoucauld
True bravery means doing alone that which one could do if all the world were by. — François de La Rochefoucauld
Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than — François de La Rochefoucauld
The most brilliant fortunes are often not worth the littleness required to gain them. — François de La Rochefoucauld
Imagination could never invent the number of different contradictions that exist innately — François de La Rochefoucauld
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that — François de La Rochefoucauld
Nothing should lessen our satisfaction with ourselves as much as when we — François de La Rochefoucauld
Humility is the sure evidence of Christian virtues. Without it, we retain — François de La Rochefoucauld
There are some faults which, when well managed, make a greater figure than virtue itself. — François de La Rochefoucauld
Sometimes in life situations develop that only the half-crazy can get out of. — François de La Rochefoucauld
We cannot possibly imagine the variety of contradictions in every heart. — François de La Rochefoucauld
Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live — François de La Rochefoucauld
Our self-love can less bear to have our tastes than our opinions condemned. — François de La Rochefoucauld
All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense. — François de La Rochefoucauld
A lofty mind always thinks nobly, it easily creates vivid, agreeable, and — François de La Rochefoucauld
The clemency of Princes is often but policy to win the affections of the people. — François de La Rochefoucauld