Nothing so much prevents our being natural as the desire to seem so.

quote by La Rochefoucauld
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

We rarely think that people have good sense unless they agree with us.

quote by La Rochefoucauld
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears.

quote by La Rochefoucauld
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

There are very few women in society whose virtue outlasts their beauty.

quote by La Rochefoucauld
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion.

quote by La Rochefoucauld
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

People would never fall in love if they had not heard love talked about.

quote by La Rochefoucauld
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.

quote by La Rochefoucauld
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.

quote by La Rochefoucauld
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

How can we expect another to keep our secret, if we cannot keep it ourself.

quote by La Rochefoucauld
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.

quote by La Rochefoucauld
Added by Lucian Velea
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!