Maxioms by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld
Coquetry is the essential characteristic, and the prevalent humor
of women; but they do not all practise it, because read more
Coquetry is the essential characteristic, and the prevalent humor
of women; but they do not all practise it, because the coquetry
of some is restrained by fear or by reason.
Some hypocrites and seeming mortified men, that held down their
heads, were like the little images that they place read more
Some hypocrites and seeming mortified men, that held down their
heads, were like the little images that they place in the very
bowing of the vaults of churches, that look as if they held up
the church, but are but puppets.
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one read more
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one fills.
[Fr., Il est plus facile de paraitre digne des emplois qu'on n'a
pas que de ceux que l'on exerce.]
We give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.
We give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to read more
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
