Jean Francois Paul de Gondi famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else.
-- Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

#Trust #Respect #Men
Every numerous assembly is a mob; everything there depends on instantaneous turns.
-- Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

#Assembly #Turns #Instantaneous
Where princes are concerned, a man who is able to do good is as dangerous and almost as criminal as a man who intends to do evil.
-- Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

#Men #Evil #Criminals
What is necessary is never a risk.
-- Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

#Risk
Of all the passions, fear weakens judgment most.
-- Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

#Fear #Passion #Judgment
The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it.
-- Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

#Success #Men #Errors
The most mistrustful are often the greatest dupes.
-- Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

#Dupes #Distrust
Most men only commit great crimes because of their scruples about petty ones.
-- Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

#Men #Crime #Scruples
Nothing indicates the soundness of a man's judgment so much as knowing how to choose between two disadvantages.
-- Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

#Men #Two #Knowing
If you have to make an unpopular speech, give it all the sincerity you can muster; that's the only way to sweeten it.
-- Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

#Giving #Speech #Way
There are no small steps in great affairs.
-- Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

#Political #Small Steps #Steps
A man who does not trust himself will never really trust anybody.
-- Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

#Trust #Men #Doe
In a major matter no details are small.
-- Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

#Details #Matter
Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time.
-- Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

#Soul #Weakness #Weak
Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand.
-- Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

#Stupid #Stupidity #Argument
Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue.
-- Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

#Virtue #Persecution #Persons

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