Quotes by Moralists - Page 3

The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.

Jean de La Bruyère

We are often more treacherous through weakness than calculation

François de La Rochefoucauld

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

François de La Rochefoucauld

Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.

François de La Rochefoucauld

True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.

François de La Rochefoucauld

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.

François de La Rochefoucauld

Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.

François de La Rochefoucauld

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