Quotations From DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, FRANÇOIS

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• 91.

  Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

  François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680), French writer, moralist. repr. F.A. Stokes Co., New York (c. 1930). Moral Maxims and Reflections, no. 282 (1665-1678), trans. London (1706).
  
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• 92.

  If we had no faults of our own, we should not take half so much satisfaction in observing those of other people.

  François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680), French writer, moralist. repr. F.A. Stokes Co., New York (c. 1930). Moral Maxims and Reflections, no. 32 (1665-1678), trans. London (1706).
  
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• 93.

  Most women's intelligence tends more to the improving of their folly than their reason.

  François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680), French writer, moralist. repr. F.A. Stokes Co., New York (c. 1930). Moral Maxims and Reflections, no. 340 (1665-1678), trans. London (1706).
  
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• 94.

  The reason why lovers are never bored together is that they are always talking of themselves.

  François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680), French writer, moralist. repr. F.A. Stokes Co., New York (c. 1930). Moral Maxims and Reflections, no. 312 (1665-1678), trans. London (1706).
  
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• 95.

  When the philosophers despised riches, it was because they had a mind to vindicate their own merit, and take revenge upon the injustice of fortune by vilifying those enjoyments which she had not given them.

  François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680), French writer, moralist. repr. F.A. Stokes Co., New York (c. 1930). Moral Maxims and Reflections, no. 55 (1665-1678), trans. London (1706).
• 96.

  In love deceit almost always outstrips distrust.

  François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680), French writer, moralist. repr. F.A. Stokes Co., New York (c. 1930). Moral Maxims and Reflections, no. 335 (1665-1678), trans. London (1706).
  
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• 97.

  The moderation of men in the most exalted fortunes is a desire to be thought above those things that have raised them so high.

  François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680), French writer, moralist. repr. F.A. Stokes Co., New York (c. 1930). Moral Maxims and Reflections, no. 19 (1665-1678), trans. London (1706).
• 98.

  There are some people upon whom their very faults and failings sit gracefully; and there are others whose very excellencies and accomplishments do not become them.

  François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680), French writer, moralist. repr. F.A. Stokes Co., New York (c. 1930). Moral Maxims and Reflections, no. 252 (1665-1678), trans. London (1706).
  
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• 99.

  A man often thinks he rules himself, when all the while he is ruled and managed; and while his understanding directs one design, his affections imperceptibly draw him into another.

  François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680), French writer, moralist. repr. F.A. Stokes Co., New York (c. 1930). Moral Maxims and Reflections, no. 44 (1665-1678), trans. London (1706).
• 100.

  The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.

  François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680), French writer, moralist. repr. F.A. Stokes Co., New York (c. 1930). Moral Maxims and Reflections, no. 245 (1665-1678), trans. London (1706).