"Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.“


-Francois de La Rochefoucauld

posted in good


Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.

Other Quotes You Might Like

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected."

-Francois de La Rochefoucauld

workView Quote
"A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state, and this state is constant."

-Francois de La Rochefoucauld

workView Quote
"Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation."

-Francois de La Rochefoucauld

womenView Quote
"The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them."

-Francois de La Rochefoucauld

womenView Quote
"You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one."

-Francois de La Rochefoucauld

womenView Quote
"There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade."

-Francois de La Rochefoucauld

womenView Quote

More Quotes About good

Explore other inspiring quotes in this category

"There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good."

-Jude Law

goodView Quote
"God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God."

-Ramakrishna

goodView Quote
"My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true."

-Lenny Kravitz

goodView Quote
"Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good."

-Ovid

goodView Quote
"Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline."

-William Hague

goodView Quote
"It's a good thing that beauty is only skin deep, or I'd be rotten to the core."

-Phyllis Diller

goodView Quote