Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld

There is a season for man's merit as well as for fruit.
[Fr., Le merite des hommes a sa read more

There is a season for man's merit as well as for fruit.
[Fr., Le merite des hommes a sa saison aussi bien que les
fruits.]

Men are more satirical from vanity than from malice.

Men are more satirical from vanity than from malice.

Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.

Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.

Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.

Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.

We sometimes see a fool possessed of talent, but never of
judgment.
[Fr., On est quelquefois un sot read more

We sometimes see a fool possessed of talent, but never of
judgment.
[Fr., On est quelquefois un sot avec de l'esprit; mais on ne
l'est jamais avec du jugement.]