Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#imitations #kind #only #thousand

Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#hypocrisy #pays #vice #virtue

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#his #loves #man #mightily #mistaken

People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#conceited #considerable #enough #envy #fortune

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#biggest #clever #cleverest #idiots #makes

Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#ceases #certainty #doubt #doubts #entirely

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#long #people #seldom #serve #them

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#deceives #few #few people #good #people

We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#except #find #good #good sense #opinions

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#beyond #dismiss #mediocre #minds #own