Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• Our enemies' opinion of us comes closer to the truth than our own.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Life, Character, Enemy

• It is only persons of firmness that can have real gentleness. Those who appear gentle are, in general, only a weak character, which easily changes into asperity.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Determination, Real, Character

• Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Character, Weakness

• The qualities we have do not make us so ridiculous as those which we affect to have.
  [Fr., On n'est jamais si ridicule par les qualites que l'on a que par celles que l'on affecte d'avoir.]

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Character, Quality, Ridiculous

• The same strength of character which helps a man resist love, helps to make it more violent and lasting too. People of unsettled minds are always driven about with passions, but never absolutely filled with any.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Love, Strength, Determination

• Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Character, Moderation, Proof

• It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Character, Fortune, Miscellaneous

• It is as common for tastes to change as it is uncommon for traits of character.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Character, Taste, Common

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