Quotes by François de La Rochefoucauld

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.

The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.

It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.

The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.

There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.

They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.

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