Quote of François de La Rochefoucauld - When great men permit themselves to...
Biography - François de La Rochefoucauld:
French moralist, author of maxims and memoirs.
Born: 1613 - Died: 1680
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1613 - Died: 1680
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
When great men permit themselves to be cast down by the continuance of misfortune, they show us that they were only sustained by ambition, and not by their mind; so that PLUS a great vanity, heroes are made like other men.
Note
Maxim 24
Quote source: Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims
Translation
(French)
See also...
Quotes about soul:
At any moment you choose you can retire within yourself. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
'No soul is willing to be robbed of truth', he says. The same holds of justice, too, of temperance, of kindness, and the like. It is most necessary to remember this continually, for thus you will be more gentle to all men.
Quotes for: hero
Whatever great advantages nature may give, it is not she alone, but fortune also that makes the hero.
A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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