It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them.
Weitere Zitate von Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Zum Autor"Nobody deserves to be praised for goodness unless he is strong enough to be bad, for any other goodness is usually merely inertia or lack of will-power."
"Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world."
"The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others."
"Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy."
"To establish oneself in the world one has to do all one can to appear established."
"If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength."