Francois de La RochefoucauldA collection of 100 posts

Work

A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus unde...

Women

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a ...

Women

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures they are safe only b...

Women

You can find women who have never had an affair but it is hard to find a woman ...

Women

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

Women

One can find women who have never had one love affair but it is rare indeed to ...

Wisdom

We give advice but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

Truth

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of ju...

Truth

However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with yet still w...

Time

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