Only the contemptible fear contempt. 只有可鄙的人才惧怕轻蔑。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵
We are very far from always knowing our own wishes. 我们并不总是知道自己的愿望。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples. 老年人喜欢给出好的建议来安慰自己,因为他们不能举出不好的例子。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it. 在我们把太多的心放在任何事情上之前,让我们先看看那些已经拥有它的人有多幸福。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵
Old age though despised, is coveted by all. 老年虽遭人轻视,却是人人垂涎的。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵
Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them. 我们大多数的错误都是可以原谅的,而不是我们用来掩盖它们的手段。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵
Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples. 老年人乐于给出好的建议,因为他们再也不能树立坏榜样了。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too. 骄傲能激发我们如此多的嫉妒,有时也有助于缓和嫉妒。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵
Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and kindles fires. 离别会减弱平庸的情感,却会增强伟大的情感,就像风吹灭蜡烛,点燃火焰一样。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵
We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish. 爱恨我们的人比爱我们的人更接近我们。 -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵