The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld
The man who lives free from folly is not…
The man who lives free from folly is not so wise as he thinks.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld
The mind cannot long act the role of the…
The mind cannot long act the role of the heart.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld
The pleasure of love is in the loving an…
The pleasure of love is in the loving and there is more joy in the passion one feels than in that which one inspires.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld
The surest way to be deceived is to thin…
The surest way to be deceived is to think oneself cleverer than the others.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld
There are very few people who are not as…
There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld
There is no accident so disastrous that …
There is no accident so disastrous that a clever man cannot derive some profit from it nor any so fortunate that a fool cannot turn it to his disadvantage.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld
There is no disguise which can hide love…
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld
Those who give too much attention to tri…
Those who give too much attention to trifling things become generally incapable of great things.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld
To a person in love, the value of the in…
To a person in love, the value of the individual is intuitively known. Love needs no logic for its mission.
Quote, saying and phrase by: La Rochefoucauld