Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Explore a curated collection of 92 quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Boredom ... causes us to neglect more duties than does interest. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We often forgive those who bore us but can't forgive those whom we bore. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If we resist our passions it is more from their weakness than from our strength. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The passions are the only orators which always persuade. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Reason alone is insufficient to make us enthusiastic in any matter. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We are never so happy or so unhappy as we think. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There are no accidents so unlucky from which clever people are not able to reap some advantage and none so lucky that t — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
One forgives to the degree that one loves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
What men call friendship is no more than a partnership a mutual care of interests an exchange of favors - in a word i — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
What causes us to like new acquaintances is not so much weariness of our old ones or the pleasure of change as disgust — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings and that which we take the least care of all to acquire. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Friendship is only a reciprocal conciliation of interests. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If we have not peace within ourselves it is in vain to seek it from outward sources. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We are never so happy or so unhappy as we think. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Hope is the last thing that dies in man. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld