Though sincerity and confidence have many points of resemblance, they have yet many points of difference. Sincerity is an openness of heart, which shows us what we are, a love of truth, a dislike to deception, a wish to compensate our faults and to lessen them by the merit of confessing them.


Reflections on Various Subjects (1665–1678)

François de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Though sincerity and confidence have many points of resemblance, they have yet many points of difference. Sincerity is an openness of heart, which...

Though sincerity and confidence have many points of resemblance, they have yet many points of difference. Sincerity is an openness of heart, which...

Though sincerity and confidence have many points of resemblance, they have yet many points of difference. Sincerity is an openness of heart, which...

Though sincerity and confidence have many points of resemblance, they have yet many points of difference. Sincerity is an openness of heart, which...