Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld Great Quotations

It is great cleverness to know how to conceal our cleverness.

Nothing is so contagious as an example. We never do great good or evil without bringing about more of the same on the part of others.

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and kindles fires.

The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used to acquire it.

Too great a hurry to discharge an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

The most certain sign of being born with great qualities is to be born without envy

How ever a brilliant an action, it should not be viewed as great unless it is the result of a great motive.