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La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire."

We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason by chance but he who knows it and can judge it and has a true taste for it."

He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason by chance but he who knows it and can judge it and has a true taste for it.




La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things themselves; we are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing what others like."

Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things themselves; we are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing what others like.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Even women are perfect at the outset."

Even women are perfect at the outset.




La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Not to love is in love an infallible means of being loved."

Not to love is in love an infallible means of being loved.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Good taste comes more from the judgment than from the mind."

Good taste comes more from the judgment than from the mind.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "The mind is always the patsy of the heart."

The mind is always the patsy of the heart.




La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "In the intercourse of life, we please more by our faults than by our good qualities."

In the intercourse of life, we please more by our faults than by our good qualities.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "The best way to rise in society is to use all possible means of persuading people that one has already risen in society."

The best way to rise in society is to use all possible means of persuading people that one has already risen in society.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "It is impossible to love a second time what we have really ceased to love."

It is impossible to love a second time what we have really ceased to love.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken."

He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Man only blames himself in order that he may be praised."

Man only blames himself in order that he may be praised.




La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Nothing is so catching as example."

Nothing is so catching as example.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "To be a great man it is necessary to turn to account all opportunities."

To be a great man it is necessary to turn to account all opportunities.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "We like to read others but we do not like to be read."

We like to read others but we do not like to be read.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion."

We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "A gentleman may love like a lunatic, but not like a beast."

A gentleman may love like a lunatic, but not like a beast.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "However we may conceal our passions under the veil ... there is always some place where they peep out."

However we may conceal our passions under the veil ... there is always some place where they peep out.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Before strongly desiring anything, we should look carefully into the happiness of its present owner."

Before strongly desiring anything, we should look carefully into the happiness of its present owner.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "There are fine things that are more brilliant when they are unfinished than when finished too much."

There are fine things that are more brilliant when they are unfinished than when finished too much.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Death, like the sun, cannot be looked at steadily."

Death, like the sun, cannot be looked at steadily.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "There are some faults which, when well managed, make a greater figure than virtue itself."

There are some faults which, when well managed, make a greater figure than virtue itself.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "The great interests of man: air and light, the joy of having a body, the voluptuousness of looking."

The great interests of man: air and light, the joy of having a body, the voluptuousness of looking.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Nothing is rarer than true good nature; they who are reputed to have it are generally only pliant or weak."

Nothing is rarer than true good nature; they who are reputed to have it are generally only pliant or weak.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "None but great men are capable of having great flaws."

None but great men are capable of having great flaws.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Love is to the soul of him who loves, what the soul is to the body which it animates."

Love is to the soul of him who loves, what the soul is to the body which it animates.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Moderation resembles temperance. We are not so unwilling to eat more, as afraid of doing ourselves harm by it."

Moderation resembles temperance. We are not so unwilling to eat more, as afraid of doing ourselves harm by it.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Before we passionately desire a thing, we should examine the happiness of its possessor."

Before we passionately desire a thing, we should examine the happiness of its possessor.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Customary use of artifice is the sign of a small mind, and it almost always happens that he who uses it to cover one spot uncovers himself in another."

Customary use of artifice is the sign of a small mind, and it almost always happens that he who uses it to cover one spot uncovers himself in another.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "It is praiseworthy even to attempt a great action."

It is praiseworthy even to attempt a great action.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Some good qualities are like the senses: Those who are entirely deprived of them can have no notion of them."

Some good qualities are like the senses: Those who are entirely deprived of them can have no notion of them.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "The surest proof of being endowed with noble qualities is to be free from envy."

The surest proof of being endowed with noble qualities is to be free from envy.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "A man often thinks he rules himself, when all the while he is ruled and managed; and while his understanding directs one design, his affections imperceptibly draw him into another."

A man often thinks he rules himself, when all the while he is ruled and managed; and while his understanding directs one design, his affections imperceptibly draw him into another.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Most men, like plants, possess hidden qualities which chance discovers."

Most men, like plants, possess hidden qualities which chance discovers.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Narrow minds think nothing right that is above their own capacity."

Narrow minds think nothing right that is above their own capacity.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "We often boast that we are never bored; but yet we are so conceited that we do not perceive how often we bore others."

We often boast that we are never bored; but yet we are so conceited that we do not perceive how often we bore others.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "None but the contemptible are apprehensive of contempt."

None but the contemptible are apprehensive of contempt.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural."

Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Our good qualities expose us more to hatred and persecution than all the ill we do."

Our good qualities expose us more to hatred and persecution than all the ill we do.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "The man whom no one pleases is much more unhappy than the man who pleases no one."

The man whom no one pleases is much more unhappy than the man who pleases no one.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Most women lament not the death of their lovers so much out of real affection for them, as because they would appear worthy of love."

Most women lament not the death of their lovers so much out of real affection for them, as because they would appear worthy of love.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "No matter how much care we put into hiding our passions under the appearances of devotion and honor, they can always be seen to peer out through these covers."

No matter how much care we put into hiding our passions under the appearances of devotion and honor, they can always be seen to peer out through these covers.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices."

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "We can be more clever than one, but not more clever than all."

We can be more clever than one, but not more clever than all.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Whatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more truth than they do to others."

Whatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more truth than they do to others.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Those only are despicable who fear to be despised."

Those only are despicable who fear to be despised.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Philosophy easily triumphs over past and future ills; but present ills triumph over philosophy."

Philosophy easily triumphs over past and future ills; but present ills triumph over philosophy.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "The intellect of the generality of women serves more to fortify their folly than their reason."

The intellect of the generality of women serves more to fortify their folly than their reason.



La Rochefoucauld Quotes: "Raillery is more insupportable than wrong; because we have a right to resent injuries, but are ridiculous in being angry at a jest."

Raillery is more insupportable than wrong; because we have a right to resent injuries, but are ridiculous in being angry at a jest.