Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.

We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is read more

We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity

We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.

We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.

When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves that we are leaving them.

When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves that we are leaving them.

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves