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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes about Desire

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There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Men, Good Man, Desire

We do not wish ardently for what we desire only through reason.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Wish, Desire, Reason

Were we perfectly acquainted with the object, we should never passionately desire it.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Desire, Should, Delusion

Francois duc de La-Rochefoucauld (1828). “Maximes Et Reflexions Morales Traduites en Grec Moderne Par Wladimir Brunet; Avec Une Traduction Anglaise en Regard”, p.229

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Time, Desire, Praise

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Clever, Desire, Becoming

Civility is a desire to receive civilities, and to be accounted well-bred.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Desire, Civility, Wells

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Workout, Desire, Praise

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 624-25, Maxims. No. 152, 1922.

Before we passionately desire a thing, we should examine the happiness of its possessor.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Desire, Should

Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Desire, Natural, Appearing

We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Desire, Should, Miscellaneous

Reconciliation with our enemies is simply a desire to better our condition, a weariness of war, or the fear of some unlucky thing from occurring.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

War, Enemy, Desire

The moderation of men in the most exalted fortunes is a desire to be thought above those things that have raised them so high.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Men, Desire, Moderation

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Desire, Polite, Treated

We never desire strongly, what we desire rationally.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Desire

There are few things we should keenly desire if we really knew what we wanted.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Desire, Should, Wanted

We label judges with having the meanest motives, and yet we desire that our reputation and fame should depend upon the judgment of men, who are all, either from their jealousy or preoccupation or want of intelligence, opposed to us - and yet despite their bias, just for the sake of making these men decide in our favor, we peril in so many ways both our peace and our life.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Men, Judging, Desire

When we exaggerate our friends' tenderness towards us, it is often less from gratitude than from a desire to exhibit our own virtue.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Gratitude, Desire, Virtue

We should desire very few things passionately if we did but perfectly know the nature of the things we desire.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Knowledge, Passion, Desire

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Clever, Desire, Cleverness

The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Desire, Intimate

Men never desire anything very eagerly which they desire only by the dictates of reason.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Passion, Men, Desire

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Talking, Mind, Desire

The contempt of riches in the philosophers was a concealed desire of revenging on fortune the injustice done to their merit, by despising the good she denied them.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Desire, Done, Riches

We should wish for few things with eagerness, if we perfectly knew the nature of that which was the object of our desire.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Wish, Desire, Want

The contempt of riches in philosophers was only a hidden desire to avenge their merit upon the injustice of fortune, by despising the very goods of which fortune had deprived them; it was a secret to guard themselves against the degradation of poverty, it was a back way by which to arrive at that distinction which they could not gain by riches.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Secret, Desire, Degradation

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