Francois De La Rochefoucauld ( 10 of 53 )
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.
In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.
Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment it ceases to hope or read more
Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment it ceases to hope or to fear
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one that we take the least care of all read more
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one that we take the least care of all to acquire.
Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully
Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set read more
The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example
