We acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWhy is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
Francois de La RochefoucauldGreat and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments and passions.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld