Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good read more

We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good and bad, right and wrong, and to take the consequences of what might turn out to be a lifetime battle

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to read more

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

rnAbsence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

rnAbsence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.

We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.

We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.

We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.