We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion.
Francois de La RochefoucauldSome crimes get honor and renown by being committed with more pomp, by a greater number, and in a higher degree of wickedness thanothers. Hence it is that public robberies, plunderings, and sackings have been looked upon as excellencies and noble achievements, and the seizing of whole countries, however unjustly and barbarously, is dignified with the glorious name of gaining conquests.
Francois de La RochefoucauldPhilosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
Francois de La RochefoucauldNo matter how brilliant an action, it should not be considered great unless it was the result of a great motive.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld