Quotes by La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

We may give advice, but not the sense to use it. >>

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual >>

The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used >>

Quotations about Motives

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be >>

He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it. >>

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the n >>

We should often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives behind them.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De