Francois De La Rochefoucauld ( 10 of 53 )
Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is read more
We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity
There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.
There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers read more
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts
Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
