François de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

French author of maxims and memoirs (1613-1680)

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, le Prince de Marcillac (September 15 1613 – March 17 1680) was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs, as well as an example of the accomplished 17th-century nobleman.

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Alternative Names: François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac • François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld • François, duc de La Rochefoucauld

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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

La vérité ne fait pas tant de bien dans le monde que ses apparences y font de mal.

Sometimes it is pleasant for a husband to have a jealous wife: he always hears what he loves being talked about.

Le vrai moyen d'être trompé, c'est de se croire plus fin que les autres.

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

La jeunesse est une ivresse continuelle : c’est la fièvre de la raison.

It is harder to hide feelings we have than to feign those we lack.

There exists an excess of good and evil which surpasses our comprehension

Virtues are lost in self interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

We should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves.

Jesteśmy tak przyzwyczajeni grać komedię wobec drugich, iż w końcu gramy komedię wobec samych siebie.

313. — How is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?

Ce qui nous fait croire si facilement que les autres ont des défauts, c'est la facilité que l'on a de croire ce qu'on souhaite.

L'amour de la justice n'est en la plupart des hommes que la crainte de souffrir l'injustice.

The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body. After all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind.