French - Writer | September 15, 1613 - March 17, 1680
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
GoodPowerManGoodnessNothing
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
HappyToo MuchAnythingUsHearts
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
WiseOthersEasierThanOurselves
When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
LoveManBetterFaithfulForceMust
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
DoingPerfectCapableWithoutWould
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
PromiseHopesOurFearsPerform
Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.
MenAwayGiveRichesManyFew
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
WisdomAdviceProfitGiveCannot
Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
LifeHelpAccidentsOutLittleUs
We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
TimeOthersDeceiveUsedCome
Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
MoreFaultsMostThanOurMeans
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
WeaknessMoreThroughThanOften
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