Top 7 Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “The moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers.”

— Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld

2. “Few are sufficiently wise to prefer censure which is useful to praise which is treacherous.”

— Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld

3. “Si nous n’avions point d’orgueil, nous ne nous plaindrions pas de celui des autres.”

— Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld

4. “However we distrust the sincerity of those whom we talk with, we always believe them more sincere with us than with others.”

— Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld

5. “It is far easier to be wise for others than to be so for oneself.”

— Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld

6. “We may forgive those who bore us, we cannot forgive those whom we bore.”

— Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld

7. “The reason why so few persons are agreeable in conversation is that each thinks more of what he desires to say, than of what the others say, and that we make bad listeners when we want to speak.”

— Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld

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