Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld

Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.

Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.

There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.

There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.

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

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

Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is
solid refinement.

Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is
solid refinement.

One may outwit another, but not all the others.
[Fr., On peut etre plus fin qu'un autre, mais non read more

One may outwit another, but not all the others.
[Fr., On peut etre plus fin qu'un autre, mais non pas plus fin
que tous les autres.]