We have more strength than will.
La Rochefoucauld, Maxims 30
What it means
La Rochefoucauld adds that we often call things impossible to excuse ourselves. Most limits are in our willingness, not our ability. Try before you declare it can't be done.
The source
"We have more strength than will." La Rochefoucauld said it in Maxims 30. Translated from the original French by Spartan Surfers.
"Nous avons plus de force que de volonté"Original French, Maxims 30. Text read at gutenberg.org.
Who said it
La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680). French duke and soldier who turned his disappointment with court life into some five hundred razor-sharp maxims about self-love.
Questions
- What does "We have more strength than will." mean?
- La Rochefoucauld adds that we often call things impossible to excuse ourselves. Most limits are in our willingness, not our ability. Try before you declare it can't be done.
- Who said "We have more strength than will."?
- La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680). Source: Maxims 30.
- What is the original French?
- Nous avons plus de force que de volonté. Translated from the original French by Spartan Surfers.
- Is "We have more strength than will." on a shirt?
- Yes. We print it to order on our tees in 7 illustrated looks, from $44, with free US shipping.
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"We have more strength than will." (La Rochefoucauld, Maxims 30, translated by Spartan Surfers). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/we-have-more-strength-than-will
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More from La Rochefoucauld
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- You can't stare at the sun, or at death.Maxims 26
- Everyone complains of their memory. No one of their judgment.Maxims 89
- Hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue.Maxims 218
- Absence kills small passions and feeds great ones, like wind on candles and fire.Maxims 276
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