Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld Quotes & Sayings

The highest skill is the true judgment of values. — Francois Alexandre Frederic, Duc De La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

Let me explain something to you - you have not been standing in front of thirty thousand decibals for thirty-five years - write me a note! — Ozzy Osbourne

More things are left undone through neglect of duty than through neglect of self-interest. — Francois Alexandre Frederic, Duc De La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

The most trying fools are the bright ones. — Francois Alexandre Frederic, Duc De La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

If I don't fight every day to 'fix' my eyes on Jesus, my ADD soul will look to a million lesser things. — Matt Papa

The unbosoming oneself to another is a kind of release to the soul, which strives to lighten its burden and find ease by throwing off the weight that lay heavy upon it. — Francois Alexandre Frederic, Duc De La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

Nature seems to have treasured up the depth of our mind talents and abilities that we are not aware of; it is the privilege of the passions alone to bring them to light, and to direct us sometimes to surer and more excellent aims than conscious effort could. — Francois Alexandre Frederic, Duc De La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

he settled down in his favorite armchair and read. Soon he was lost to all else but the rhythm of the words talking to him across the centuries. — William Meikle

God the Father lives. He hears and answers our prayers in love. The Savior Jesus Christ, resurrected and glorious, lives and reaches out to us in mercy. — Henry B. Eyring

The best guide in life is strength. — Swami Vivekananda

The Swiss are well armed and enjoy great freedom. — Niccolo Machiavelli

The disabusing a man strongly possessed with an opinion of his own worth is the very same ill office that was done to the fool at Athens, who fancied all the ships that came into the harbor were his own. — Francois Alexandre Frederic, Duc De La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

What men have given the name of friendship to is nothing but an alliance, a reciprocal accommodation of interest, an exchange of good offices; in it is nothing but a system of traffic, in which self-love always proposes to itself some advantage. — Francois Alexandre Frederic, Duc De La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

None of us believe countering terrorism is about party politics — David Blunkett

Nothing is given so willingly as advice. — Francois Alexandre Frederic, Duc De La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

Whenever I read the psalms, I feel like I am eavesdropping on a saint having a personal conversation with God. — R.C. Sproul

Young women that would not be thought coquettish, and old men that would not be ridiculous, should never talk of love, as if they had any concern in it. — Francois Alexandre Frederic, Duc De La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

Deprived of the company of fools, a great wit does not seem half so clever. — Francois Alexandre Frederic, Duc De La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

Anyone with a internet connection and an idea can develop an audience — Kevin Spacey

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

No man at all can be living forever and we must be satisfied. — John Millington Synge

There was no instinct to pretend - there was only the wish to protect the girl I knew I would love forever. — Jay Crownover

Before my marriage, I was really wild, and I was very open about it. My wife knows about it. From the age of 19 to 30, I was this mad, wild person. I just wanted to have a good time, not get serious with anyone. I didn't allow relationships to happen, and I made it clear to whoever I was with. — Ram Kapoor

I wish I would have had more to do in the film. I hated to get killed so soon. — Bruce Bennett

Most frequently we make confidants from vanity, a love of talking, a wish to win the confidence of others, and to make an exchange of secrets. — Francois Alexandre Frederic, Duc De La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

However different men's fortunes may be, there is always something or other that balances the ill and the good, and makes all even at last. — Francois Alexandre Frederic, Duc De La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt