Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that we have several.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: September 15, 1613 - March 17, 1680

Topics

ViceUsFactOurselvesOftenKeeps

I speak English, so I am no longer cute. My tongue itches for French.

Anna Held

CuteI AmSpeakTongueEnglishAm

My brother Bill, who is a year older, is a climber, and when I was in the seventh grade, he taught me how to rappel off the frozen waterfall in our backyard.

Ann Bancroft

BrotherMeYearWaterfallFrozenHe

There is a woman at the begining of all great things.

Alphonse de Lamartine

LoveGreatWomanGreat ThingsThings

My father's family is German and Czech.

Sissy Spacek

FamilyFatherGermanCzech

The more I think about the Olympics, even from afar, its mere concept stuns me. I can't think of any other line of work where, every four years, people gather to be ranked one, two, and three, then are more or less told to evaporate until the next go-around.

Mary Pilon

WorkPeopleMeThinkThreeLine

Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

CareEnoughLongLivedOurShould

The following year, after I had prepared my draft, the Conference of the Interparliamentary Union at The Hague decided to set up a special commission to study the problem seriously.

Ludwig Quidde

ProblemYearSeriouslySpecialStudy

Eliminating or substantially lowering just one major monthly expense can give you enough cushion to move into a more comfortable place financially.

Jean Chatzky

EnoughYouPlaceComfortableMore

One of the things I find extremely challenging about the continent of Africa is that when the immediate needs and the social needs of people are not met, that kills dreams, and it's all about survival.

Djimon Hounsou

DreamsPeopleSurvivalFindAfrica

The hardest thing to teach young writers is that it's wonderful to tell your truth. And that's what you should do. But it damn well better be beautiful.

Dorothy Allison

TruthBeautifulBetterYouYoung

I've never spent a whole year in one place without leaving.

Paul Theroux

YearPlaceLeavingNeverWithout

I always used to say to my wife, the thing that I loved most about us is that we are a team, we are impenetrable in that respect.

Seal

RespectWifeTeamLovedSayAlways

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