Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes About Lying

Quotes about: Lying

• We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving others.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Lying, Deceiving Others, Dishonesty

• Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Religious, Lying, Ambition

• 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

• If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions, it is that which lies hidden in the bottom of our heart, and which we know not ourselves.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Lying, Passion, Heart

• There are some disguised falsehoods so like truths, that 'twould be to judge ill not to be deceived by them.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Lying, Judging, Deceived

• Our wisdom lies as much at the mercy of fortune as our possessions do.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Wisdom, Lying, Mercy

• A man's wits are better employed in bearing up under the misfortunes that lie upon him at present than in foreseeing those that may come upon him hereafter.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Lying, Future, Men

• The aversion to lying is often a hidden ambition to render our words credible and weighty, and to attach a religious aspect to our conversation.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Religious, Lying, Ambition

• Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Wise, Lying, Ridiculous

• It is as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Lying, Self, Deceit

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