“Louis XVI: Is it a revolt?La Rochefoucauld–Liancourt: No, Sire, it is a revolution.François de La Rochefoucauld
“We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.François de La Rochefoucauld
“There is no disguise which can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate it where it does not.François de La Rochefoucauld
“Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.François de La Rochefoucauld
“Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and fans fire.François de La Rochefoucauld
“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.François de La Rochefoucauld