The surest way to be deceived is to think oneself cleverer than the others.

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

It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp.

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

Everyone complains of his lack of memory, but nobody of his want of judgment.

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

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

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

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

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

The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth.

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

The truest mark of being born with great qualities, is being born without envy.

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

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

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

The sort of liveliness which increases with age is not far distant from madness.

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

We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to be.

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