La Rochefoucauld

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?

We confess to little faults only to persuade others that we have no great ones.

We confess to little faults only to persuade others that we have no great ones.

Hope and fear are inseparable. -La Rochefoucauld.

Hope and fear are inseparable. -La Rochefoucauld.

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.