François de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

True love is like ghosts which many believe in, but few have seen.

135. On est quelquefois aussi différent de soi-même que des autres.

Innocence is very far from finding as much protection as crime.

Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best places in the right set already taken, and they do not want back seats.

We have much trouble to break with one, when we no longer are in love.

Everyone complains of his memory, and no one complains of his judgment.

Les petits esprits sont blessés des plus petites choses

Un hombre sabio debe reglar sus intereses, y ponerlos cada uno en su orden. Nuestra avaricia le turba por lo regular; haciéndonos atender a un tiempo a tantas cosas, que, por desear demasiado las de menos importancia, olvidamos las más considerables.

La véritable éloquence consiste à dire tout ce qu’il faut, et à ne dire que ce qu’il faut.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

refusal of praise is only the wish to be praised twice.

Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body.

Our state of mind is placid or restless not so much because of the really important happenings in our lives as because of convenient or annoying concatenations of trivial daily events

Il n'appartient qu'aux grands hommes d'avoir de grands défauts.

We are nearer loving those who hate us, than those who love us more than we desire.