Quotes by La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

It is great cleverness to know how to conceal our cleverness. >>

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself >>

It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of >>

Quotations about Generosity

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in th >>

There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has a >>

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, >>

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De