19.—We have all sufficient strength to support the misfortunes of others.La Rochefoucauld
31.—If we had no faults we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others.
All other quotes by La Rochefoucauld
56.—To establish ourselves in the world we do everything to appear as if we were established.
89.—Everyone blames his memory, no one blames his judgment.
160.—However brilliant an action it should not be esteemed great unless the result of a great motive.
255.—All feelings have their peculiar tone of voice, gestures and looks, and this harmony, as it is good or bad, pleasant or unpleasant, makes people agreeable or disagreeable.
294.—We always like those who admire us, we do not always like those whom we admire.
312.—Lovers are never tired of each other,—they always speak of themselves.
360.—We are more humiliated by the least infidelity towards us, than by our greatest towards others.
410.—The greatest effort of friendship is not to show our faults to a friend, but to show him his own.
423.—Few know how to be Old.
432.—To praise good actions heartily is in some measure to take part in them.
474.—There are few women whose charm survives their beauty.
496.—Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
LXIV.—We always fear to see those whom we love when we have been flirting with others.
LXXX.—Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable.
LXXXI.—We trouble ourselves less to become happy, than to make others believe we are so.
La Rochefoucauld at Project Gutenberg
All from: (2005). Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (Kindle Location 1301). Public Domain Books. Kindle Edition.
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