Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes & Sayings (Page 11)
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quotes and sayings page 11 (writer). Here's quote # 101 through 110 out of the 125 we have.
“Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.”
“Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.”
“The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.”
“The mind cannot long play the heart's role.”
“The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.”
“It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.”
“It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.”
“The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.”
“As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.”
“On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.”
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