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.

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.

In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.

How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves.

How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves.