Quotes by François Duc de La Rochefoucauld
When our vices desert us, we flatter ourselves that we are deserting our vices.
Rochefoucauld, François Duc de La
The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry.
Rochefoucauld, François Duc de La
Youth is a perpetual intoxication; it is a fever of the mind.
Rochefoucauld, François Duc de La
If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others.
Rochefoucauld, François Duc de La
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
Rochefoucauld, François Duc de La
We have more ability than will power, and it is often an excuse to ourselves that we imagine that things are impossible.
Rochefoucauld, François Duc de La
Women know not the whole of their coquetry.
Rochefoucauld, François Duc de La
Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.
Rochefoucauld, François Duc de La
Virtue would not go to such lengths if vanity did not keep her company.
Rochefoucauld, François Duc de La
Coquetry is the essential characteristic, and the prevalent humor of women; but they do not all practice it, because the coquetry of some is restrained by fear or by reason.
Rochefoucauld, François Duc de La
If vanity does not overthrow all our virtues, at least she makes them totter.
Rochefoucauld, François Duc de La