Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.

There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one that we take the least care of all read more

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one that we take the least care of all to acquire.