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Famous Quotes in History by Francois de La Rochefoucauld - 1

This category is for famous quotes in history by Francois de La Rochefoucauld.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld was a French epigrammatic writer. He was born in 1613 and died in 1680.

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We always like those who admire us but we do not always like those whom we admire.

We give advice but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.

We would often be ashamed of our best actions if the world only knew the motives behind them.

There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they had no good in them.

Nothing prevents us from being natural so much as the desire to appear so.

What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are.

We are almost always bored in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be bored.

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

It takes much cleverness to know how to conceal cleverness.

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