French - Writer | September 15, 1613 - March 17, 1680
It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives to all the miseries, but is dead to all the pleasures.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
LoveAgeOld AgeManDeadOld
Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.
SoulAmbitionModerationWarmth
When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
LoveManDoubtsMostHeBelieves
We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to be.
RidiculousNeverThroughPretend
That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
GoodSelf-InterestBeingTenderMost
We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.
GoodAdmirePraiseUsSeldomExcept
Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
FuturePastPresentPhilosophyEasy
We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.
GreatWorthLookEmploymentBigMay
We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.
WishesKnowingAlwaysOwnFarOur
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
PrideEnvySometimesUsMuchUse
The mind cannot long play the heart's role.
HeartMindLongPlayCannotRole
Only the contemptible fear contempt.
FearOnlyContemptContemptible
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