Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld

How can we expect another to keep our secret if we cannot keep it
ourselves.

How can we expect another to keep our secret if we cannot keep it
ourselves.

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.]

We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them.

We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them.

The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.

The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.