Francois De La Rochefoucauld

rnAbsence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

rnAbsence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

It is great cleverness to known when to conceal one's cleverness

It is great cleverness to known when to conceal one's cleverness

A good memory is one that can remember the day's blessings and forget the day's troubles

A good memory is one that can remember the day's blessings and forget the day's troubles

Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.

Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it