More From Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- "Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness."
- "No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will."
- "We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us."
More In Change
- "No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches."― Milan Kundera
- "Small change, small wonders – these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately of my life."― Barbara Kingsolver
- "Grace in women has more effect than beauty."― William Hazlitt