Quotes by : François de La Rochefoucauld

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.

Nobody deserves to be praised for goodness unless he is strong enough to be bad.

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

We forgive so long as we love.

Nobody deserves to be praised for goodness unless he is strong enough to be bad, for any other goodness....

It is easier to understand mankind in general than any individual man.

One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.

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