Francois de La Rochefoucauld Inspirational Quotes

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• It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

  "The Moral Maxims and Reflections". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld. Maxim 132, 1678.
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  When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Single, Peace

• Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Trust, Being Yourself

• Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Funny, Birthday

• We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Growth, Self Improvement

• We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Integrity, Kind Deeds

• To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Art, Educational

• There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Love, Inspirational, Long

  "The Moral Maxims and Reflections". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld. Maxim 70, 1678.

• Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Heart, Mind

• Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Opportunity, Luck

• If one judges love by the majority of its effects, it is more like hatred than like friendship.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Love, Inspirational, Judging

• Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

• In growing old, we become more foolish - and more wise.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Wise, Growing

• We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, World, Action

• It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Quality, Self Discipline

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

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Character, Weakness

• Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Courage, Perfect

  "The Moral Maxims and Reflections". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld, no. 216, 1665.

• Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Perfect, Would Be

• It is difficult to define love; all we can say is, that in the soul it is a desire to rule, in the mind it is a sympathy, and in the body it is a hidden and delicate wish to possess what we love-Plus many mysteries.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Sympathy, Soul

• We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Order, Faults

• The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Appreciation

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