Francois De La Rochefoucauld

There is hardly a man clever enough to recognize the full extent of the evil he does.

There is hardly a man clever enough to recognize the full extent of the evil he does.

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.

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.

Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully

Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully

In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.

In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.