Quotes by François de La Rochefoucauld

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.

When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.

In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.

You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one.

We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.

Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.

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

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.

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

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