Quotes by La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

We are never so happy nor so unhappy as we imagine. >>

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that eac >>

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than ot >>

Quotations about Decency

No law reaches it, but all right-minded people observe it. >>

Don't overestimate the decency of the human race. >>

We are decent 99 percent of the time, when we could easily be vile. >>

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De