We have a collection of 23 Great quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires." (ID 44679)
"As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing." (ID 44729)
"There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves." (ID 45014)
"What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one." (ID 45067)
"It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever." (ID 45121)
"A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter." (ID 45156)
"However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention." (ID 45168)
"They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones." (ID 45230)
"It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them." (ID 45294)
"Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while." (ID 45343)
"We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us." (ID 45368)
"It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone." (ID 45369)
"As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing." (ID 45418)
"Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like." (ID 45433)
"To know how to hide one's ability is great skill." (ID 45434)
"Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs." (ID 45435)
"We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones." (ID 45436)
"Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others." (ID 45437)
"Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude." (ID 45438)
"Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them." (ID 45439)
"There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices." (ID 45440)
"Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves." (ID 45441)
"Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance." (ID 45444)