(49 quotes found)
“The struggle we undergo to remain faithful to one we love is little better than infidelity.”
François de la Rochefoucauld
“Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the confidence of others.”
“When our hatred is too bitter it places us below those whom we hate.”
“One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one”
“Neither love nor fire can subsist without perpetual motion; both cease to live so soon as they cease to hope, or to fear.”
“A woman often thinks she regrets the lover, when she only regrets the love”
“Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully”
“The passions are the only advocates which always persuade. They are a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.”
“Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.”
“Fights would not last, if only one side was wrong”