Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can; and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being. Francois de La Rochefoucauld constantcontinuefear Change image and share on social
We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own. Francois de La Rochefoucauld offensivepatiencepeople Change image and share on social
There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do. Francois de La Rochefoucauld clevermanmischief Change image and share on social
How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person? Francois de La Rochefoucauld personrecountremember Change image and share on social
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors. Francois de La Rochefoucauld favorgratitudehope Change image and share on social
Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while. Francois de La Rochefoucauld bloodchangegreat Change image and share on social
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy. Francois de La Rochefoucauld annoypardon Change image and share on social
No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so. Francois de La Rochefoucauld bearmanoftener Change image and share on social
What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love. Francois de La Rochefoucauld adjustmentarrangementbusiness share on social
