Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes About Emotions

Quotes about: Emotions

• The intellect is always fooled by the heart.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Broken Heart, Emotion, Intellect

• The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Passion, Emotional, Feelings

• Intrepidity is an extraordinary strength of soul, which raises it above the troubles, disorders and emotions which the sight of great perils can arouse in it; by this strength heroes maintain a calm aspect and preserve their reason and liberty in the most surprising and terrible accidents.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Hero, Sight, Bravery

• A man often thinks he rules himself, when all the while he is ruled and managed; and while his understanding directs one design, his affections imperceptibly draw him into another.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Passion, Men, Thinking

• Fearlessness is a more than ordinary strength of mind, which raises the soul above the troubles, disorders, and emotions which theprospect of great dangers are used to produce. And by this inward strength it is that heroes preserve themselves in a calm and quiet state, and enjoy a presence of mind and the free use of their reason in the midst of those terrible accidents that amaze and confound other people.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Hero, Presence Of Mind, People

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