François de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

“A gentleman may love like a lunatic, but not like a beast.”

― François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

topic:love

“The true way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others.”

― François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

topic:knowledgehumility

“We have more strength than will; and it is often merely for an excuse we say things are impossible.”

― François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

topic:strengthwilldifficulty

“We become so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that at last we are disguised to ourselves.”

― François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

topic:appearance

“We should gain more by letting the world see what we are than by trying to seem what we are not.”

― François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

topic:appearance

“When our hatred is too bitter it places us below those whom we hate.”

― François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

topic:hate