la rochefoucauld quotes

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones,
as the wind blows out candles and fans fires.
-- La Rochefoucauld

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most
ridiculous ones.

-- La Rochefoucauld

In the misfortune of our friends we find something that is not displeasing
to us.
-- La Rochefoucauld, "Maxims"

It is not enough to have great qualities, we should also have the
management of them.
-- La Rochefoucauld

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones,
as the wind blows out candles and fans fires.
-- La Rochefoucauld

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
-- La Rochefoucauld

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most
ridiculous ones.
-- La Rochefoucauld

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their
inability to set a bad example.
-- La Rochefoucauld, "Maxims"

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
-- La Rochefoucauld

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
-- La Rochefoucauld

It is not enough to have great qualities, we should also have the
management of them.
-- La Rochefoucauld

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most
ridiculous ones.
-- La Rochefoucauld

In the misfortune of our friends we find something that is not displeasing
to us.
-- La Rochefoucauld, "Maxims"

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their
inability to set a bad example.
-- La Rochefoucauld, "Maxims"

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
-- La Rochefoucauld