Francois de Fenelon

Showing quotations 1 to 6 of 6 total All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers. Francois de FenelonChildren are very nice observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves. Francois de FenelonDiscouragement is simply the despair of wounded self-love. Francois de FenelonIf the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdom of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all. Francois de FenelonIf we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate. Francois de FenelonIt is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of others. Francois de Fenelon

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A man's worth has its season, like fruit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state, and this state is constant.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Biography
Type: Writer
Nationality: French
Born: September 15, 1613
Died: March 17, 1680

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The Literature Page A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire. Francois de La RochefoucauldBefore we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Few are agreeable in conversation, because each thinks more of what he intends to say than of what others are saying, and listens no more when he himself has a chance to speak. Francois de La RochefoucauldFew things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed. Francois De La RochefoucauldGood advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors. Francois de La Rochefoucauld He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks. Francois de La RochefoucauldHypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue. Francois de La RochefoucauldIf we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others. Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible. Francois de La RochefoucauldJealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as we pass from suspicion to certainty. Francois de La RochefoucauldMany people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away. Francois de La RochefoucauldNo persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. Francois De La RochefoucauldNothing is less sincere than our mode of asking and giving advice. He who asks seems to have a deference for the opinion of his friend, while he only aims to get approval of his own and make his friend responsible for his action. And he who gives advice repays the confidence supposed to be placed in him by a seemingly disinterested zeal, while he seldom means anything by his advice but his own interest or reputation. Francois De La RochefoucauldOne cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger. Francois de La RochefoucauldOur repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence. Francois de La RochefoucauldPreserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them. Francois de La RochefoucauldThe defects and faults in the mind are like wounds in the body. After all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind. Francois de La RochefoucauldThe glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it. Francois de La RochefoucauldThe passions are the only orators that always persuade. Francois de La RochefoucauldThe passions often engender their contraries. Francois de La RochefoucauldThe pleasure of love is in loving. Francois de La RochefoucauldTo establish oneself in the world, one has to do all one can to appear established. Francois de La RochefoucauldTo listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation. Francois de La Rochefoucauld We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others. Francois de La RochefoucauldWe always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire. Francois de La RochefoucauldWe are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves. Francois de La RochefoucauldWe confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The Literature Page A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire. Francois de La RochefoucauldBefore we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Few are agreeable in conversation, because each thinks more of what he intends to say than of what others are saying, and listens no more when he himself has a chance to speak. Francois de La RochefoucauldFew things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed. Francois De La RochefoucauldGood advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors. Francois de La Rochefoucauld He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks. Francois de La RochefoucauldHypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue. Francois de La RochefoucauldIf we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others. Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible. Francois de La RochefoucauldJealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as we pass from suspicion to certainty. Francois de La RochefoucauldMany people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away. Francois de La RochefoucauldNo persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. Francois De La RochefoucauldNothing is less sincere than our mode of asking and giving advice. He who asks seems to have a deference for the opinion of his friend, while he only aims to get approval of his own and make his friend responsible for his action. And he who gives advice repays the confidence supposed to be placed in him by a seemingly disinterested zeal, while he seldom means anything by his advice but his own interest or reputation. Francois De La RochefoucauldOne cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger. Francois de La RochefoucauldOur repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence. Francois de La RochefoucauldPreserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them. Francois de La RochefoucauldThe defects and faults in the mind are like wounds in the body. After all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind. Francois de La RochefoucauldThe glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it. Francois de La RochefoucauldThe passions are the only orators that always persuade. Francois de La RochefoucauldThe passions often engender their contraries. Francois de La RochefoucauldThe pleasure of love is in loving. Francois de La RochefoucauldTo establish oneself in the world, one has to do all one can to appear established. Francois de La RochefoucauldTo listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation. Francois de La Rochefoucauld We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others. Francois de La RochefoucauldWe always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire. Francois de La RochefoucauldWe are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves. Francois de La RochefoucauldWe confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Francois Rabelais

A bellyful is a bellyful.
Francois Rabelais

A habit does not a monk make.
Francois Rabelais

Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
Francois Rabelais

Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
Francois Rabelais

Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
Francois Rabelais

Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
Francois Rabelais

For he who can wait, everything comes in time.
Francois Rabelais

Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
Francois Rabelais

From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
Francois Rabelais

Frugality is for the vulgar.
Francois Rabelais

Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
Francois Rabelais

Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
Francois Rabelais

How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?
Francois Rabelais

How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
Francois Rabelais

How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
Francois Rabelais

I drink no more than a sponge.
Francois Rabelais

I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
Francois Rabelais

I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
Francois Rabelais

I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
Francois Rabelais

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
Francois Rabelais

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A man's worth has its season, like fruit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state, and this state is constant.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The Literature Page A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire. Francois de La RochefoucauldBefore we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Few are agreeable in conversation, because each thinks more of what he intends to say than of what others are saying, and listens no more when he himself has a chance to speak. Francois de La RochefoucauldFew things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed. Francois De La RochefoucauldGood advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors. Francois de La Rochefoucauld He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks. Francois de La RochefoucauldHypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue. Francois de La RochefoucauldIf we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others. Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible. Francois de La RochefoucauldJealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as we pass from suspicion to certainty. Francois de La RochefoucauldMany people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away. Francois de La RochefoucauldNo persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. Francois De La RochefoucauldNothing is less sincere than our mode of asking and giving advice. He who asks seems to have a deference for the opinion of his friend, while he only aims to get approval of his own and make his friend responsible for his action. And he who gives advice repays the confidence supposed to be placed in him by a seemingly disinterested zeal, while he seldom means anything by his advice but his own interest or reputation. Francois De La RochefoucauldOne cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger. Francois de La RochefoucauldOur repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence. Francois de La RochefoucauldPreserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them. Francois de La RochefoucauldThe defects and faults in the mind are like wounds in the body. After all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind. Francois de La RochefoucauldThe glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it. Francois de La RochefoucauldThe passions are the only orators that always persuade. Francois de La RochefoucauldThe passions often engender their contraries. Francois de La RochefoucauldThe pleasure of love is in loving. Francois de La RochefoucauldTo establish oneself in the world, one has to do all one can to appear established. Francois de La RochefoucauldTo listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation. Francois de La Rochefoucauld We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others. Francois de La RochefoucauldWe always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire. Francois de La RochefoucauldWe are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves. Francois de La RochefoucauldWe confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Francois Rabelais

A bellyful is a bellyful.
Francois Rabelais

A habit does not a monk make.
Francois Rabelais

Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
Francois Rabelais

Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
Francois Rabelais

Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
Francois Rabelais

Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
Francois Rabelais

For he who can wait, everything comes in time.
Francois Rabelais

Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
Francois Rabelais

From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
Francois Rabelais

Frugality is for the vulgar.
Francois Rabelais

Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
Francois Rabelais

Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
Francois Rabelais

How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?
Francois Rabelais

How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
Francois Rabelais

How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
Francois Rabelais

I drink no more than a sponge.
Francois Rabelais

I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
Francois Rabelais

I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
Francois Rabelais

I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
Francois Rabelais

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
Francois Rabelais

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13

A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A man's worth has its season, like fruit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state, and this state is constant.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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