Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld ( 10 of 62 )
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
[Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher read more
To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
[Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher son
habilete.]
True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.
True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.
There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.
There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.
We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced
danger.
[Fr., On ne peut repondre read more
We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced
danger.
[Fr., On ne peut repondre de son courage quand on n'a jamais ete
dans le peril.]
Hope, deceitful as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable read more
Hope, deceitful as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every
virtue at the testing point.
Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every
virtue at the testing point.
Jealousy lives upon doubts, it becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
Jealousy lives upon doubts, it becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
[Fr., read more
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
[Fr., L'absence diminue les mediocres passions et augmente les
grandes, comme le vent eteint les bougies et allume le feu.]
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.
