Quotes by La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it. >>

Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections t >>

Quotations about Shame

Ashamed of the many frailties they feel within, all men endeavor to hi >>

The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignom >>

Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame. >>

The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De