rochefoucauld

As the great French cynic La Rochefoucauld said: "People would not fall in love if they had not heard love talked about. "

Do nice things for that person. "We prefer to see those to whom we do good than those who do good to us, " as La Rochefoucauld observed.

Everyone complains of his memory, but no one complains of his judgement. --La Rochefoucauld.

The ways of construction of emotional self mainly include Montaigne pattern, Pascal pattern, La rochefoucauld pattern, Rousseau pattern.

When not prompted by vanity, we say little---Fran? ois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, French author of maxims and memoirs.

I often remind myself of La Rochefoucauld's observation, "We are always bored by those whom we bore. "

"True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen. " -La Rochefoucauld.

When not prompted by vanity, we say little---Franç ois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, French author of maxims and memoirs.

Virtue would not go far if vanity did not keep it company. [Rochefoucauld]

H. The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used to acquirde it. La Rochefoucauld, French writer

Jealousy is always born together with love, but it does no always die when love dies. (Rochefoucauld)

Everyone complains of the badness of his memory, but nobody of his judgment. [Rochefoucauld]

Philosophy triumphs easily over past and over future evils, but present evils triumph over philosophy. [Rochefoucauld]

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity. - La Rochefoucauld

Francois La Rochefoucauld, French writer

We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves. [Rochefoucauld]