Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld

The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry.

The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry.

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
[Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher read more

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
[Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher son
habilete.]

There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.

There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.

The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.

The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.

All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat
and cold of the blood.
[Fr., Toutes read more

All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat
and cold of the blood.
[Fr., Toutes les passions ne sout autre chose que les divers
degres de la chaleur et de la froideur du sang.]