• Movies
  • TV Shows
  • Books
  • Authors
  • Blog

François de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

It is no tragedy to do ungrateful people favors, but it is unbearable to be indebted to a scoundrel.[Ce n’est pas un grand malheur d’obliger des ingrats, mais c’en est un insupportable d’être obligé à un malhonnête homme.]

Source:The Maxims of La Rochefoucauld (ed. Random House, 1959), (tr. Kronenberger), Maxim 317, Page 93
Find more on

Themes

GratitudeHuman NatureMorality

Related Quotes

  • One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance...
  • Why is our memory good enough to recall to the last detail things that have happened to us, yet not good enough to recall...
  • When laziness and timidity yoke us to our duties, we often give virtue the credit for it.

Related Authors

VoltaireMichel de MontaigneBaruch SpinozaWilliam ShakespeareJohann Wolfgang von GoetheEdgar Allan PoeRalph Waldo EmersonWalt WhitmanAnaïs NinMiguel de Unamuno
François de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
  • Name: François de La Rochefoucauld
  • Profession: Writer, Essayist
  • Born: June 13, 1865 – March 17, 1680
  • More on:

Top Authors

  • William Shakespeare
  • Terry Pratchett
  • Agatha Christie
  • Honoré de Balzac
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • George Eliot
  • Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Oscar Wilde
  • Bertrand Russell
  • Stephen King
  • About Us
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Contact
© 2013-2026 MagicalQuote
  • Movies
  • TV Shows
  • Books
  • Authors
  • Blog