Francois De La Rochefoucauld

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.

We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.

We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.

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.

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.

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

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