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.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.

However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.

We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good read more

We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good and bad, right and wrong, and to take the consequences of what might turn out to be a lifetime battle

We are so accustomed to wearing a disguise before others that eventually we are unable to recognize ourselves.

We are so accustomed to wearing a disguise before others that eventually we are unable to recognize ourselves.