"Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.” (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote)
Autenticitate
- Dușmanii noștri sunt mai aproape de adevăr în judecățile pe care le emit despre noi decât noi înșine.
La Rochefoucauld - Maxime
Soarta e precum sănătatea
La Rochefoucauld - Maxime
Femei cinstite
- Există puține femei fără de prihană care să nu fie sătule de această meserie.
La Rochefoucauld - Maxime
Oameni...
- Există oameni destinați să fie proști, care nu fac prostii numai din propie alegere, ci și siliți de soartă.
- Dacă ridicolul unor oameni nu s-a manifestat niciodată, asta se datorează faptului că nimeni nu l-a căutat cu suficientă atenție.
La Rochefoucauld - Maxime
La Rochefoucauld spune adevărul despre dragoste
- Este greu să definim dragostea. Ce putem spune este că în suflet ea este o pasiune pentru dominație, în spirite este o simpatie, iar în trup nu este decât o dorință ascunsă și delicată de a poseda ceea ce iubim după atâta tăinuire.
Soarta și inteligența
La Rochefoucauld - Maxime
Legea compensării
La Rochefoucauld - Maxime
Inima are rațiunea ei
La Rochefoucauld - Maxime
Filozofia
La Rochefoucauld - Maxime
Social networks first law
VIs:6
We strive less hard to be happy than to make people think we are happy.
La Rochefoucauld - Maxims
Being young and natural
V:372
Most young people think they are being natural when they are merely uncivil and uncouth.
La Rochefoucauld - Maxims
Virtuous women
V:367
There are few virtuous women who are not weary of their occupation.
V:368
Most virtuous women are hidden treasures: they are safe only because they are not sought after.
La Rochefoucauld - Maxims
Women's love
V:277
Women often think they are in love though they are not. The business of an intrigue, the excitement produced by a love affair, a natural predilection for the pleasure of being loved, and the difficulty of refusing, convince them that they are being passionate when they are merely being flirtatious.
La Rochefoucauld - Maxims
Clever people
V:208
There are silly people who know themselves and make use of their silliness cleverly.
V:209
The person who lives without folly is not as wise as he thinks.
V:210
As we grow old we become more foolish and more wise.
V:244
Supreme cleverness lies in knowing the exact value of things.
V:245
You are immensely clever if you are able to hide your cleverness.
La Rochefoucauld - Maxims
Constancy in love
V:175
Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, which makes our hearts fasten in succession in all the qualities of the person we love, preferring now one, now another - so that such constancy is merely inconstancy contained in and confined to a single object
V:176
There are two kinds of constancy in love. One is due to the fact that we are continually finding new things to love in the person we love; the other is due to the fact that we make it a point of honor to be constant.
La Rochefoucauld - Maxims
La Rochefoucauld tells the Truth
V:132
It is easier to be wise for other people than for yourself.
La Rochefoucauld - Maxims
Our knowledge is superficial and imperfect
V:106
To know things well, we must know the details; and as they are almost infinite, our knowledge is always superficial and imperfect.
La Rochefoucauld - Maxims

