Francois De La Rochefoucauld ( 10 of 53 )
We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.
We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.
In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.
In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set read more
The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example
Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.
Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.
Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully
Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully
We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good read more
We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good and bad, right and wrong, and to take the consequences of what might turn out to be a lifetime battle
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
