What did François de La Rochefoucauld mean by: It is praiseworthy even to attempt a great action. François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France Copy
There are few things we should keenly desire if we really knew what we wanted. Read explanation Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François de La Rochefoucauld, Clarity, Desire, Understanding, 0 François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
+ Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity. Author, October 22, 2023January 2, 2025, François de La Rochefoucauld, Consequences, Deception, Incompetence, 0 François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
We often bore others when we think we cannot possibly bore them. Read explanation Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François de La Rochefoucauld, Communication, Perception, Self-awareness, 0 François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
+ He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks. Author, August 26, 2023January 2, 2025, François de La Rochefoucauld, Folly, Perception, Wisdom, 0 François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
To establish oneself in the world, one does all one can to seem established there already. Read explanation Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François de La Rochefoucauld, Appearance, Status, Success, 0 François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
We are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them. Read explanation Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François de La Rochefoucauld, Gratitude, Reciprocity, Relationships, 0 François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
We often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others. Read explanation Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François de La Rochefoucauld, Deception, Emotions, Self-awareness, 0 François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
No accidents are so unlucky [bad] but that the wise may draw some advantage [good] from them. Read explanation Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François de La Rochefoucauld, Advantage, Luck, Wisdom, 0 François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation. William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
You have to be first, different, or great. If you’re one of them, you may make it. Loretta Lynn Country singer-songwriter · USA
No act of man can claim to be more than an attempt, not even science. Karl Barth Theology · Switzerland
