La Rochefoucauld Quotes

We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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