Francois De La Rochefoucauld ( 10 of 53 )
Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully
Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully
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.
When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us from fidelity
When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us from fidelity
We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good read more
We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good and bad, right and wrong, and to take the consequences of what might turn out to be a lifetime battle
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
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.
Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.
Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.
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.
