Tag: François de La Rochefoucauld

The stamp of great minds is to suggest much in few words; by contrast, little minds have the gift of talking a great deal and saying nothing.

François de La Rochefoucauld

The mind is always the dupe of the heart.

François de La Rochefoucauld

True eloquence consists in saying all that need be said and no more.

François de La Rochefoucauld

Hypocrisy is an homage that vice pays to virtue.

François de La Rochefoucauld

There is great skill in knowing how to conceal one’s skill.

François de La Rochefoucauld

Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.

François de La Rochefoucauld

Small minds are hurt by the smallest things

François de La Rochefoucauld

If we judge love by the majority of its results, it resembles hatred more than friendship.

François de La Rochefoucauld

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.

François de La Rochefoucauld

What grace is to the body, good sense is to the mind.

François de La Rochefoucauld