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
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
Almost all our faults are more pardonable than the methods we resort to to hide them.
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Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness.
I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them.
When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.
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