Francois De La Rochefoucauld ( 10 of 53 )
We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good read more
We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good and bad, right and wrong, and to take the consequences of what might turn out to be a lifetime battle
Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.
Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.
There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.
There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.
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
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it
We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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.
Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts
Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers read more
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
