Francois De La Rochefoucauld Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Francois De La Rochefoucauld quotes, Francois De La Rochefoucauld sayings, and Francois De La Rochefoucauld proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Vanity, shame, and above all disposition, often make men brave and women chaste. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
There are different kinds of curiosity; one of interest, which causes us to learn that which would be useful to us; and the other of pride, which springs from a desire to know that of which others are ignorant. François de la Rochefoucauld
Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves? Francois de la Rochefoucauld
We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
The truest way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
In the misfortune of our best friends, we always find something which is not displeasing to us. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so it is of small wits to talk much and say nothing. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so it is of small wits to talk much and say nothing. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
It is more shameful to distrust your friends than it is to be deceived by them. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
A sure way to arouse love is to love very little yourself. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Were we to take as much pains to be what we ought, as we do to disguise what we are, we might appear like ourselves without being at the trouble of any disguise at all. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
If we had no vices ourselves we should take less pleasure in identifying those of others. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Thinkers think and doers do. But until the thinkers do and the doers think, progress will be just another word in the already overburdened vocabulary by sense. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
There are a few women whose charm survives their beauty. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
The glory of a great man ought always to be estimated by the means used to acquire it. Francois de la Rochefoucauld