"Some people are so extremely whiffling and..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Some people are so extremely whiffling and inconsiderable that they are as far from any real faults as from substantial virtues.
More by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
“The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acpuire it.”
“Women can more easily conquer their passion than their coquetterie.”
“Some reproaches praise; some praises reproach.”
More on Character
“The fate of the country does not depend on how you vote at the polls - theworst man is as strong as the best at that game; it does not depend on what kind of paper you drop into the ballot-box once a year, but on what kind of man you drop from your chamber into the street every morning.”
“We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.”
“The force of character is cumulative.”
More on Neutrality
“Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference and heaven and earth are set apart.”
“Pacifism is objectively pro-fascist. This is elementary common sense. If you hamper the war effort of one side, you automatically help out that of the other. Nor is there any real way of remaining outside such a war as the present one. In practice, 'he that is not with me is against me'.”
“My aim has been... to keep the United States... independent of all and under the influence of none.”