La Rochefoucauld said this quote

“ Before we set our hearts too much upon anything let us examine how happy they are who already possess it. ”

Famous Quotes of La Rochefoucauld

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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

~ La Rochefoucauld

Few people know how to be old.

~ La Rochefoucauld

Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

~ La Rochefoucauld

How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person?

~ La Rochefoucauld