In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason by chance but he who knows it and can judge it and has a true taste for it.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
