Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld ( 10 of 62 )
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
[Fr., read more
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
[Fr., L'absence diminue les mediocres passions et augmente les
grandes, comme le vent eteint les bougies et allume le feu.]
We always love those who admire us, and we do not always love
those whom we admire.
We always love those who admire us, and we do not always love
those whom we admire.
In jealousy there is more self-love than love.
In jealousy there is more self-love than love.
All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat
and cold of the blood.
[Fr., Toutes read more
All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat
and cold of the blood.
[Fr., Toutes les passions ne sout autre chose que les divers
degres de la chaleur et de la froideur du sang.]
The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry.
The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry.
True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one
might be capable of doing before all the world!
True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one
might be capable of doing before all the world!
The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.
The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.
One may outwit another, but not all the others.
[Fr., On peut etre plus fin qu'un autre, mais non read more
One may outwit another, but not all the others.
[Fr., On peut etre plus fin qu'un autre, mais non pas plus fin
que tous les autres.]
Men are more satirical from vanity than from malice.
Men are more satirical from vanity than from malice.
Preserving the health by too strict a regimen is a worrisome
malady.
Preserving the health by too strict a regimen is a worrisome
malady.
