Maxioms by La Rochefoucauld
Hope and fear are inseparable. -La Rochefoucauld.
Hope and fear are inseparable. -La Rochefoucauld.
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.
Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.
The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.
The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet read more
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
