Quotes by : François de La Rochefoucauld

Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than....

We are almost always bored by just those whom we must not find boring.

If we had no faults we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others.

In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be--and thus....

We are often more treacherous through weakness than calculation

Extreme boredom provides its own antidote.

Everyone complains of his memory, and no one complains of his judgment.

There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.

Almost always we are bored by people to whom we ourselves are boring.

How rare true love maybe, it is less so than true friendship.