We should often blush for our very best... by Francois de La Rochefoucauld | We Heart Quotes

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We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done.

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Women

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Desire

The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Evil Nothing

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Man Love

When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Cleverness Value

The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Judgment

Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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