Maxioms by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
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.
It is more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them
It is more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment it ceases to hope or read more
Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment it ceases to hope or to fear
