Nature makes merit, and fortune puts it to work. Francois de La Rochefoucauld More Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld More Quotes From Francois de La Rochefoucauld There are two sorts of constancy in love one arises from continually discovering in the loved person new subjects for love, the other arises from our making a merit of being constant. Francois de La Rochefoucauld merit love two It is much better to learn to deal with the ills we have now than to speculate on those that may befall us. Francois de La Rochefoucauld deals may It requires greater virtues to support good fortune than bad. Francois de La Rochefoucauld support virtue problem One can no more look steadily at death than at the sun. Francois de La Rochefoucauld life-and-death sun looks The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals. Francois de La Rochefoucauld poke imitation fun What makes vanity so insufferable to us, is that it hurts our own. Francois de La Rochefoucauld it-hurts vanity hurt Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers. Francois de La Rochefoucauld anorexia self love What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld tire self-love love There are few good women who do not tire of their role. Francois de La Rochefoucauld good-woman tire roles What is called liberality is often merely the vanity of giving. Francois de La Rochefoucauld liberality vanity giving The common foible of women who have been handsome is to forget that they are no longer so. Francois de La Rochefoucauld handsome women common The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance Francois de La Rochefoucauld advantage results art Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example. Francois de La Rochefoucauld birthday giving people People would never fall in love if they hadn't heard love talked about. Francois de La Rochefoucauld love people fall It is difficult to define love; all we can say is, that in the soul it is a desire to rule, in the mind it is a sympathy, and in the body it is a hidden and delicate wish to possess what we love-Plus many mysteries. Francois de La Rochefoucauld soul sympathy inspirational Novelty is to love like bloom to fruit; it gives a luster which is easily effaced, but never returns. Francois de La Rochefoucauld flirting fruit giving A woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second. Francois de La Rochefoucauld cynical first-love long On why I don't trust democracy without extremely powerful systems of accountability and recall What seems to be generosity is often only disguised ambition - which despises small interests to gain great ones. Francois de La Rochefoucauld generosity powerful ambition When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us from fidelity. Francois de La Rochefoucauld welcome infidelity love-is Our actions are like the terminations of verses, which we rhyme as we please. Francois de La Rochefoucauld rhyme our-actions please
