Quote of François de La Rochefoucauld - If we had no pride we...

Biography - François de La Rochefoucauld:

French moralist, author of maxims and memoirs.
Born: 1613 - Died: 1680
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
France

Source: Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Quote

If we had no pride we should not complain of that of others.”
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

others

Note

Maxim 34

Translation

(French, German, Italian)

Si nous n’avions point d’orgueil, nous ne nous plaindrions pas de celui des autres.”
François de La Rochefoucauld - Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales

Hätten wir keinen Stolz, so beklagten wir uns nicht über den Stolz anderen.”
François de La Rochefoucauld - Maximen und Reflexionen

Se non avessimo orgoglio, non ci lamenteremmo di quello degli altri.”

Quotes about others:

To be happy, we must consider the happiness of another.”
Gaston Bachelard - La Psychanalyse du feu

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.”
Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.”
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

others

When you are happy, there is still much to be done: to comfort others.”
Jules Renard

One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.”
Lewis Carroll

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.”
Immanuel Kant - Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?

All about others...

François de La Rochefoucauld also said...

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.”
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

There is no disguise which can long hide love where it exists, nor feign it where it does not.”
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Few people know how to be old.”
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

We are never so happy or so unhappy as we suppose.”
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

happiness

If we had no faults we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others.”
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.”
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

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