Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes About Prudence

Quotes about: Prudence

• Vices are ingredients of virtues just as poisons are ingredients of remedies. Prudence mixes and tempers them and uses them effectively against life's ills.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Vices, Poison, Use

• Prudence and love are inconsistent; in proportion as the last increases, the other decreases.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  And Love, Lasts, Increase

• There is no praise we have not lavished upon prudence; and yet she cannot assure to us the most trifling event.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Events, Praise, Trifling

• As love increases, prudence diminishes.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Increase, Intrigue, Prudence

• The vices enter into the composition of the virtues, as poisons into that of medicines. Prudence collects and arranges them, and uses them beneficially against the ills of life.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Medicine, Vices, Poison

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