La Rochefoucauld Quotes

When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that we have several. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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