Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes About Wisdom

Quotes about: Wisdom

• 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.

• Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Wisdom, People, Criticism

• It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Wise, Wisdom, Wish

• As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Wisdom, Saying Nothing, Few Words

• The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Wisdom, Men, Symptoms

• It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Wise, Wisdom, Height

• The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Wisdom, Art, Agitation

• It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Wise, Wisdom, Intelligence

• Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Wisdom, Advice, Given

  "The Moral Maxims and Reflections". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld. Maxim 110, 1678.

• We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Wisdom, Giving, Advice

• Our wisdom is no less at fortune's mercy than our wealth.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Wisdom, Wealth, Mercy

• To think to be wise alone is a very great folly.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Wise, Wisdom, Thinking

• The desire to be thought clever often prevents a man from becoming so.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Wisdom, Clever, Men

• As we grow older, we increase in folly--and in wisdom.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Wisdom, Age, Increase

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

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Appreciation

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

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Wisdom, Lying, Mercy

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