La Rochefoucauld quotes
"Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors."
"People would never fall in love if they had not heard love talked about."
"The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves."
"Everyone complains of his lack of memory, but nobody of his want of judgment."
"We seldom attribute common sense except to those who agree with us."
"There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not."
"We rarely think that people have good sense unless they agree with us."
"Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils but present evils triumph over it."
"The man who lives free from folly is not so wise as he thinks."
"For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice."
