Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used to acquire it.

The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means

Summary

This quote suggests that the fame of influential individuals should be evaluated based on the methods they employed to achieve it. It emphasizes the importance of ethics and integrity in attaining greatness. Merely achieving fame is not enough; how one achieves it matters. It implies that individuals who attain fame through immoral or unethical means should not be celebrated, as it diminishes the value of their accomplishments. Ultimately, this quote highlights the significance of the journey and process in assessing and appreciating true greatness.

Topics

By Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Muslims must believe that all power, success and victory com

Muslims must believe that all power, success and victory comes from God alone.

Abu Bakar Bashir

Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arr

Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

The best prophet of the future is the past.

The best prophet of the future is the past.

Well let me tell you something, I can't be nobody but myself

Well let me tell you something, I can't be nobody but myself. Ya know what I'm saying? The thing that makes the world love Flav is Flav being himself. So honestly man, to tell you the truth: it was not hard to be myself. It was real easy.

Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hop

Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.

Albert Einstein

Marriage Menandwomen

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

William Shakespeare

I can't stop being in parades. I just love dancing on floats

I can't stop being in parades. I just love dancing on floats that move really slowly on the city streets in the early morning.

The wine of Love is music, And the feast of Love is song: An

The wine of Love is music, And the feast of Love is song: And when Love sits down to the banquet, Love sits long: Sits long and rises drunken, But not with the feast and the wine; He reeleth with his own heart, That great, rich Vine.

James Thomson (B.V.)

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is t

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

Of course, supernatural acts are what miracles are all about

Of course, supernatural acts are what miracles are all about. They are, after all, precisely those things that circumvent the laws of nature. A god who can create the laws of nature can presumably also circumvent them at will. Although why they would have been circumvented so liberally thousands of years ago, before the invention of modern communication instruments that could have recorded them, and not today, is still something to wonder about.

Lawrence M. Krauss

Science Philosophy

I still, at hotel rooms, I do this one sort of not-so-cool t

I still, at hotel rooms, I do this one sort of not-so-cool thing: continually shoving my room service tray in front of someone else's door. Because I don't want the remnants. I don't want to be caught, like, being like the pig that I was at two in the morning.