Francois La Rochefoucauld Quotes

When our vices quit us, we flatter ourselves with the belief that it is we who quit them. - Francois La Rochefoucauld

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. - Francois La Rochefoucauld

We may give advice, but we can't inspire conduct. - Francois La Rochefoucauld

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness indeed. - Francois La Rochefoucauld

Though confidence is very fine, and makes the future sunny; I want no confidence for mine, I'd rather have the money. - Francois La Rochefoucauld

The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself. - Francois La Rochefoucauld

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly. - Francois La Rochefoucauld

The truly wise, Will only prize, Good manners, Sense and learning. - Francois La Rochefoucauld

The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies. - Francois La Rochefoucauld

The pleasure of love is in the loving; and there is more joy in the passion one feels than in that which one inspires. - Francois La Rochefoucauld

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