Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld
Nothing so much prevents our being natur…
Nothing so much prevents our being natural as the desire to seem so.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld
One forgives to the degree that one love…
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld
One is never as fortunate or as unfortun…
One is never as fortunate or as unfortunate as one thinks.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld
Our enemies come nearer the truth in the…
Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld
Our minds are lazier than our bodies….
Our minds are lazier than our bodies.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld
Perfect valor is to behave, without witn…
Perfect valor is to behave, without witnesses, as one would act were all the world watching.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld
Philosophy triumphs easily over past evi…
Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils but present evils triumph over it.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld
Quarrels would not last long if the faul…
Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld
Some disguised deceits counterfeit truth…
Some disguised deceits counterfeit truth so perfectly that not to be taken in by them would be an error of judgment.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld