Maxioms by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is read more
We should manage our fortune 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
When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves that we are leaving them.
When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves that we are leaving them.
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers read more
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves
The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves
