The mind is always the dupe of the heart.
François de La Rochefoucauld
Category: Quote of the Day
Aphorisms, proverbs, wise sayings and other witty, pithy stuff
12FEB2026 – Quote of the Day
True eloquence consists in saying all that need be said and no more.
François de La Rochefoucauld
11FEB2026 – Quote of the Day
Hypocrisy is an homage that vice pays to virtue.
François de La Rochefoucauld
10FEB2026 – Quote of the Day
There is great skill in knowing how to conceal one’s skill.
François de La Rochefoucauld
09FEB2026 – Quote of the Day
Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.
François de La Rochefoucauld
08FEB2026 – Quote of the Day
Small minds are hurt by the smallest things
François de La Rochefoucauld
07FEB2026 – Quote of the Day
If we judge love by the majority of its results, it resembles hatred more than friendship.
François de La Rochefoucauld
06FEB2026 – Quote of the Day
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
François de La Rochefoucauld
05FEB2026 – Quote of the Day
What grace is to the body, good sense is to the mind.
François de La Rochefoucauld
04FEB2026 – Quote of the Day
Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the confidence of others.
François de La Rochefoucauld