Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes & Sayings (Page 10)
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quotes and sayings page 10 (writer). Here's quote # 91 through 100 out of the 125 we have.
“The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.”
“A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.”
“Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.”
“There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.”
“They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.”
“We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.”
“Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.”
“Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.”
“The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.”
“Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.”
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