Maxioms by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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 are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.
We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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.
