Jean Francois Paul De Gondi Quotes & Sayings

A man who never trusts himself never trusts anyone. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

Most men only commit great crimes because of their scruples about petty ones. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

In a major matter no details are small. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

The most mistrustful are often the greatest dupes. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

When you are obliged to make a statement that you know will cause displeasure, you must say it with every appearance of sincerity; this is the only way to make it palatable. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

Every numerous assembly is a mob; everything there depends on instantaneous turns. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

Of all the passions, fear weakens judgment most. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

A man who does not trust himself will never really trust anybody. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

It is even more damaging for a minister to say foolish things than to do them. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

Every man whom chance alone has, by some accident, made a public character, hardly ever fails of becoming, in a short time, a ridiculous private one. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

Nothing indicates the soundness of a man's judgment so much as knowing how to choose between two disadvantages. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

There are no small steps in great affairs. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

What is necessary is never a risk. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

Great men help dazzle the people; after that, they dazzle themselves even more dangerously. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

If you have to make an unpopular speech, give it all the sincerity you can muster; that's the only way to sweeten it. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

Where princes are concerned, a man who is able to do good is as dangerous and almost as criminal as a man who intends to do evil. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

One of man's greatest failings is that he looks almost always for an excuse, in the misfortune that befalls him through his own fault, before looking for a remedy-which means he often finds the remedy too late. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

It's easier to fight one's enemies than to get on with one's friends. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

Weakness has many stages. There is a difference between feebleness by the impotency of the will, of the will to the resolution, of the resolution to the choice of means, of the choice of the means to the application. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi