– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Category - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld
