Maxioms by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single read more
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single virtue.
It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising
it.
It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising
it.
Men are more satirical from vanity than from malice.
Men are more satirical from vanity than from malice.
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.]
In jealousy there is more self-love than love.
In jealousy there is more self-love than love.