François de La Rochefoucauld Quote

Absence diminishes commonplace passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and kindles fire.


Maxims (1678) no. 276


Absence diminishes commonplace passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and kindles fire.

Absence diminishes commonplace passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and kindles fire.

Absence diminishes commonplace passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and kindles fire.

Absence diminishes commonplace passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and kindles fire.