Maxioms by La Rochefoucauld
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet read more
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on. -La Rochefoucauld.
Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on. -La Rochefoucauld.
The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.
The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.
Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.
Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.
We confess to little faults only to persuade others that we have no great ones.
We confess to little faults only to persuade others that we have no great ones.
