Quote of François de La Rochefoucauld - A clever man ought to so...
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
A clever man ought to so regulate his interests that each will fall in due order. Our greediness so often troubles us, making us run after so many things at the same time, that while we too eagerly look after the least we miss the greatest.
Note
Maxim 66
Source: Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims
Translation
(French)
See also...
Quotes about interest:
Interest speaks all sorts of tongues and plays all sorts of characters; even that of disinterestedness.
All men are liable to error and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.
Though men be much governed by interest; yet even interest itself, and all human affairs, are entirely governed by opinion.
Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.
Quotes for: Desire
My third maxim was to try always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and to alter my desires rather than change the order of the world.
François de La Rochefoucauld also said...
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