The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
