Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: September 15, 1613 - March 17, 1680

Topics

LoveAgeOld AgeManDeadOld

Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was 'Romeo & Juliet'? How long were they together? A few days.

Jesse Harris

LoveTogetherShortLiteratureLong

I went to the local schools, the local state primary school, and then to the local grammar school. A secondary school, which technically was an independent school, it was not part of the state educational system.

John Hume

SchoolIndependentGrammarSystem

I'm grateful that on a lot of casts I've gained friends for life. But it's more of a rare thing than a normal thing. I have a small group of friends, and I just, uh, feel fulfilled by the people that are in my life.

Matt Czuchry

LifeGratefulPeopleSmallMy Life

I would love to wrestle at WrestleMania! And who knows, if the time is ever right and the moment calls for it, it would be a dream come true for me.

Stephanie McMahon

LoveTimeMomentMeDreamTrue

One of the ways I learned how to act, really, is by having secrets and having to function as a kid in a public school in suburban Bible Belt Texas.

Matt Bomer

SchoolBibleTexasSecretsKidAct

I think I do too many voices in these shows. I think it's because we have trouble getting voice talent.

Mike Judge

TalentVoiceThinkTroubleVoices

The novelist wants to know how things will turn out; the historian already knows how things turned out, but wants to know why they turned out the way they did.

Michael Korda

KnowWhyWillWayTurnOut

I want to pave my own path artistically.

Lisa Marie Presley

PathWantMy OwnOwnPave

It's flattering that there are lots of Internet fan sites about me. I'm a bit of a technophobe and I don't even own a laptop, but it's probably a good thing I'm not logged on, checking up on what everyone is saying about me.

Jonas Armstrong

GoodMeSayingInternetUpOwn

I'm not a hoarder, I'm a collector: if you have something you like, every time you see it, you have a little happy hit.

Douglas Coupland

TimeHappyYouSeeLittleSomething

I know that doesn't sound very radical and webby of me to say that but I think the New York Times is important. I also think there's an occasional piece that will pop out.

David Talbot

New YorkMeThinkNewKnowSay

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

Plato

GodBlameWhoHisBlamelessChooses

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