Francois de La Rochefoucauld Deli Quotations

Women in love sooner forgive great indiscretions than small infidelities.

Praise is flattery, artful, hidden, delicate, which gratifies differently him who praises and him who is praised. The one takes it as the reward of merit, the other bestows it to show his impartiality and knowledge.

There are good marriages, but there are no delightful ones.

Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is solid refinement.

There are some good marriages, but practically no delightful ones.

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us from fidelity.

The extreme delight we experience in talking about ourselves should warn us that those who listen do not share it.

Simplicity is a delicate imposition.