Quotes by : Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes....

Interest speaks all sorts of tongues and plays all sorts of parts even that of disinterestedness.

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every....

One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had....

In great affairs we ought to apply ourselves less to creating chances than to profiting from those that....

We are never so happy or so unhappy as we think.

The virtues and the vices are all put in motion by interest.

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth,....

It is as proper to have pride in oneself as it is ridiculous to show it to others.