Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.
More Quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld:
Whenever Fortune sends Disasters to our Dearest Friends, Although we outwardly may grieve, We oft are laughing in our sleeve.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Had we ourselves no faults we should find less pleasure discovering them in others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
In jealousy there is more of self-love, than of love to another.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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