François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac (15 September 1613 – 17 March 1680) was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs.
In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge. Use this quote
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. Use this quote
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them. Use this quote
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions. Use this quote
Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us. Use this quote
Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example. Use this quote
The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity. Use this quote
Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues and vices, and to have determined how good or how wicked that man shall be capable of being. Use this quote
We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them. Use this quote
It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self. Use this quote
