Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld Good Quotations

Old people love to give good advice to console themselves for no longer being able to set a bad example.

We often do good in order that we may do evil with impunity.

Why is our memory good enough to recall to the last detail things that have happened to us, yet not good enough to recall how often we have told them to the same person.

We credit scarcely any persons with good sense except those who are of our opinion.

Nothing is so contagious as an example. We never do great good or evil without bringing about more of the same on the part of others.