French - Writer | September 15, 1613 - March 17, 1680
What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that we have several.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
ViceUsFactOurselvesOftenKeeps
Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues and vices, and to have determined how good or how wicked that man shall be capable of being.
NatureGoodManBirthCapableOut
Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.
GoodOpinionFriendsLossWorthOwn
Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.
RespectAmbitionSayLyingSecret
We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
LifeExperienceFindFreshWithout
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
TimeDesirePraiseOnlySecondOur
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
MenKnowEasierGeneralThan
Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
MenSucceedWantThingsFailMeans
In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances.
WorldBelieveLookWishesSayUp
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.
OfficeWorthyPositionHoldEasier
Taste may change, but inclination never.
ChangeNeverTasteMayInclination
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
HappinessMenDependFortuneTemper
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