François de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

• The love of justice in most men is simply the fear of suffering injustice.

  François de La Rochefoucauld

  Topics in Fear, Love

• In the misfortune of our best friends, we always find something which is not displeasing to us.

  François de La Rochefoucauld

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Misfortune

• One is never as unhappy as one thinks, nor as happy as one hopes.

  François de La Rochefoucauld

  Topics in Uncategorized

• It is more shameful to mistrust one’s friends than to be deceived by them.

  François de La Rochefoucauld

  Topics in Trust

• We all have strength enough to bear the misfortunes of others.

  François de La Rochefoucauld

  Topics in Suffering

• Self-interest speaks all sorts of tongues, and plays all sorts of roles, even that of disinterestedness.

  François de La Rochefoucauld

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Giving

• If we judge of love by its usual effects, it resembles hatred more than friendship.

  François de La Rochefoucauld

  Topics in Love

• Plenty of people want to be pious, but no one yearns to be humble.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Humility

• One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.

  François de La Rochefoucauld

  Topics in Life

• The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Growth

• Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.

  François de La Rochefoucauld

  Topics in Death, Life

  Tags in Philosophy

• A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one that we take the least care of all to acquire.

  François de La Rochefoucauld

  Topics in Friendship

• Absence diminishes minor passions and inflames great ones, as the wind douses a candle and fans a fire.

  François de La Rochefoucauld

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Absence

• There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand different versions.

  François de La Rochefoucauld

  Topics in Love

  Tags in Romance

François de La Rochefoucauld (14)

Birth:	15th September, 1613
Death:	17th March, 1680
Nationality:	French
Profession:	Writer

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François de La Rochefoucauld was born in Paris, France. He was a French writer, best known for his Maxims. Although it has officially released his memoirs and his maxims, his literary production is dense.

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