François de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and fans fire.
François de La Rochefoucauld
Sometimes it is pleasant for a husband to have a jealous wife: he always hears what he loves being talked about.
François de La Rochefoucauld
Philosophy triumphs easily over past and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.
François de La Rochefoucauld
There is but one kind of love, but there are a thousand different copies of it.
François de La Rochefoucauld
There is scarcely a single man sufficiently aware to know all the evil he does.
François de La Rochefoucauld
It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.
François de La Rochefoucauld
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
François de La Rochefoucauld
However rare true love may be, true friendship is rarer.
Variant: Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer
François de La Rochefoucauld
In their first passion, women love their lovers; in all the others, they love love.
François de La Rochefoucauld
Some women are so just and discerning that they never see an opportunity to be generous.
François de La Rochefoucauld
The most violent passions sometimes leave us at rest, but vanity agitates us constantly.
François de La Rochefoucauld