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Francois de La Rochefoucauld,  (1613-1680) Writer

Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person?-Francois de La Rochefoucald

Almost all our faults are more pardonable than the methods we resort to to hide them. -Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer (1613-1680)

Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already possess it. -La Rochefoucauld

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. -Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Absence diminishes commonplace passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and kindles fire. -La Rochefoucauld

Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves. -La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)

It is more shameful to distrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.-De la Rochefoucauld, French writer (1613-1680)

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.-Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) [Maxims]

The mind cannot long act the role of the heart. -Francois de la Rochefoucauld

Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)

No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does. -La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)

The man who thinks he can do without the world is indeed mistaken; but the man who thinks the world cannot do without him is mistaken even worse. -Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld

We should manage our fortunes as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity. -Francois de La Rochefoucauld, writer (1613-1680)

We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them. -Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer (1613-1680)

There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate it where it does not. -Francois de La Rochefoucauld

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill. -Francois de La Rochefoucauld, writer (1613-1680)

In their early passions women are in love with the lover, later they are in love with love. -Francois de La Rochefoucauld, writer (1613-1680)

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones. -Francois de La Rochefoucauld, writer (1613-1680)