Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes About Hope

Quotes about: Hope

• We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Hope, Fear, Commitment

  "Maxims". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld, 1665.

• Hope is the last thing that dies in man; and though it be exceedingly deceitful, yet it is of this good use to us, that while we are traveling through life it conducts us in an easier and more pleasant way to our journey's end.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Hope, Journey, Men

• When fortune surprises us by giving us some great office without having gradually led us to expect it, or without having raised our hopes, it is well nigh impossible to occupy it well, and to appear worthy to fill it.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Hope, Giving, Expectations

• Avarice often produces opposite results: there are an infinite number of persons who sacrifice their property to doubtful and distant expectations; others mistake great future advantages for small present interests.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Hope, Mistake, Sacrifice

• Hope and fear are inseparable.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Hope, Expectations, Inseparable

• Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Hope, Lying, Deceit

• Hope is the last thing that dies in man.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Hope, Men, Lasts

• Hope, deceitful as it is, carries us through life agreeably enough.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Hope, Enough, Deceitful

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