Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

A man is ridiculous less through the characteristics he has than through those he affects to have.

We are made ridiculous less by our defects than by the affectation of qualities which are not ours.

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not.

I would rather be stupid than pretend to be intelligent.

I don't want to try to sell myself or portray something that I'm not.

If you're a humble person, and you walk in, and you start talking, people are going to be able to tell. You can't fake it.

I don't like false modesty.

I just like a good, honest personality. I like a real person, not somebody who is pretending to be something that they're not. That really annoys me.

When someone shows you their true colors, believe them.

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.

My only real advice to Oscar nominees is, 'If you haven't actually seen a competitor's film, don't fib and say you have and blow smoke up their wahooziewhatsits.' Always best to be frank and tell them the truth.

I hate clever-cleverness, but I love good honest cleverness.

There's nothing I despise more than people trying to be something that they're not.

Lying about anything is the cruelest thing in the world you could ever do. Be who you are. Don't try to be someone you're not. It never works.

I don't do interviews under false pretenses.

The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one.

I don't think that we necessarily lie. I mean, we make our living by pretending that we're someone else. I don't tell tall tales. I always tell the truth.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.

I can't stand girls who laugh at everything I say like I'm the funniest guy in the world. I like girls who tell it like it is, no kissing up to me because I'm on TV.

No. I really don't think I'm cool. I'm not.

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.

Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.

I'm not fake in any way.

People need realness, reality. People can sense when someone is being pretentious or fake. It's because you feel it; you see it in someone's body language.