Quotes from Cardinal De Retz

A man who does not trust himself will never really trust anybody.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never truly trust anyone else.

Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand.

What is necessary is never a risk.

The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it.

Of all the passions fear weakens judgment most.