“A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.” ~La Rochefoucauld
"Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire." ~Francois De La Rochefoucauld
"Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Maximes (1665)
"He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks." ~Francois De La Rochefoucauld
"If we had no faults, we should not take so much pleasure in nothing those of others." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Maximes (1665)
“Jealousy lives upon doubts, it becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.” ~François Duc de La Rochefoucauld
"Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation." ~Francois De La Rochefoucauld
"One forgives to the degree that one loves." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits." ~Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld on Gratitude
"The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it." ~FranÇois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
"The intellect is always fooled by the heart." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.” ~Francois De La Rochefoucauld
"There are fine things that are more brilliant when they are unfinished than when finished too much." ~Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)
"There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or stimulate it where it does not." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Maximes (1665)
"To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art." ~François de la Rochefoucauld
"True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire." ~Francois De La Rochefoucauld
"We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation. " ~Francois De La Rochefoucauld
"We are so accustomed to wearing a disguise before others that eventually we are unable to recognize ourselves."~Francois De La Rochefoucauld
"We credit scarcely any persons with good sense except those who are of our opinion." ~Francois De La Rochefoucauld
"We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"We should manage our fortunes as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them.” ~François Duc de La Rochefoucauld on Motives
"When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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