Absence extinguishes the minor passions and increases the great ones, as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire.


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

François de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Absence extinguishes the minor passions and increases the great ones, as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire.

Absence extinguishes the minor passions and increases the great ones, as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire.

Absence extinguishes the minor passions and increases the great ones, as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire.

Absence extinguishes the minor passions and increases the great ones, as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire.