The passions are the only advocates which always persuade. They are a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.


Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)

François de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

The passions are the only advocates which always persuade. They are a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with...

The passions are the only advocates which always persuade. They are a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with...

The passions are the only advocates which always persuade. They are a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with...

The passions are the only advocates which always persuade. They are a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with...