We often pass from love to ambition, but we hardly ever return from ambition to love.

Variant translation: One often passes from love to ambition but one rarely returns from ambition to love.

Maximes. In: Reflections & Moral Maxims of Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld (D.P. Elder and M. Shepard, 1902), p. 125

François de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

We often pass from love to ambition, but we hardly ever return from ambition to love.

We often pass from love to ambition, but we hardly ever return from ambition to love.

We often pass from love to ambition, but we hardly ever return from ambition to love.

We often pass from love to ambition, but we hardly ever return from ambition to love.