About Francois de La Rochefoucauld
François de La Rochefoucauld, 2nd Duke of La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac (; French: [fʁɑ̃swa d(ə) la ʁɔʃfuko]; 15 September 1613 – 17 March 1680) was an accomplished French moralist of the era of French Classical literature and author of Maximes and Memoirs, the only two works of his dense...
More quotations from Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Almost all our faults are more pardonable than the methods we resort to to hide them.
We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.
The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
More quotations tagged with “gratitude”
Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.