Francois De La Rochefoucauld ( 10 of 53 )
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
When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us from fidelity
When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us from fidelity
There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.
There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
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.
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers read more
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
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
Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts
Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts
