Francois de La Rochefoucauld Littles Quotations

Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.

We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.

Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly.

As it is the mark of great minds to say many things in a few words, so it is that of little minds to use many words to say nothing.

The love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there is in change, as from the distaste we feel in being too little admired by those that know us too well, and the hope of being more admired by those that know us less.

Virtue would not make such advances if there were not a little vanity to keep it company.

Some men are like ballads, that are in everyone's mouth a little while.

We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves we have no great ones.

The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones.

Some allow themselves to be overcome by panic, and others charge because they dare not remain at their posts. Some may be found whose courage is strengthened by small perils that prepare them to face greater dangers. Some are daring when facing swords but dread facing bullets; others dread bullets little but fear facing swords a lot.

Sometimes, occasions occur in life which demand you to be a little foolish in order to skillfully extricate yourself.

Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.

We speak little if not egged on by vanity.

Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things.

Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully

The tranquility or agitation of our temper does not depend so much on the big things which happen to us in life, as on the pleasant or unpleasant arrangements of the little things which happen daily.