La Rochefoucauld Quotes
(1 - 7 of 7)Hope and fear are inseparable. -La Rochefoucauld.
Hope and fear are inseparable. -La Rochefoucauld.
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet more
Why 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?
The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.
The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.
Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on. -La Rochefoucauld.
Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on. -La Rochefoucauld.
Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.
Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
We confess to little faults only to persuade others that we have no great ones.
We confess to little faults only to persuade others that we have no great ones.
