Quotes by La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

What makes vanity so insufferable to us, is that it hurts our own. >>

There are people who in spite of their merit disgust us, and others wh >>

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind e >>

Quotations about Fortune

Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune. >>

Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good >>

One's best fortune, or, their worst is their spouse. >>

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De