Intrepidity is an extraordinary strength of soul, which raises it above the troubles, disorders and emotions which the sight of great perils can arouse in it; by this strength heroes maintain a calm aspect and preserve their reason and liberty in the most surprising and terrible accidents.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

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The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives to all the miseries, but is dead to all the pleasures.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one’s self.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

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

— François de La Rochefoucauld

The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.

— François de La Rochefoucauld

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

— François de La Rochefoucauld
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