"If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship."
Read quote
12 likes
Quote collection
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quotes (page 6 of 55)
1.1K quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.
"Simplicity is a delicate imposition."
Read quote
12 likes
"Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils, but present evils triumph over it."
Read quote
12 likes
"We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them."
Read quote
12 likes
"The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken."
Read quote
12 likes
"Men frequently do good only to give themselves opportunity of doing ill with impunity."
Read quote
12 likes
"Jealousy is nothing more than a fear of abandonment"
Read quote
11 likes
"In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge."
Read quote
11 likes
"Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side."
Read quote
11 likes
"Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others."
Read quote
11 likes
"When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time."
Read quote
11 likes
"The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved."
Read quote
11 likes
"As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish."
Read quote
11 likes
"Nothing is so contagious as example."
Read quote
11 likes
"Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay."
Read quote
11 likes
"Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors."
Read quote
11 likes
"Our greediness so often troubles us, making us run after so many things at the same time, that while we too eagerly look after the least we miss the greatest."
Read quote
11 likes
"We always like those who admire us."
Read quote
11 likes
"When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them."
Read quote
11 likes
"Passion very often makes the wisest men fools, and very often too inspires the greatest fools with wit."
Read quote
11 likes