black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Related Topics

Better Faithful Force Love Man Must Unfaithfulness

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Creator Design Fewer Great Passion Soul Virtue
We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

All Come Despite Experience Find Fresh Ourselves Several Stage Together Year
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Everyone Ghost Love Seen Talk True Love
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Affection Effect Hatred Judge Love Most Resemble
Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Action Blame Commendation Great Hear Part See Unlucky
We pardon to the extent that we love.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Extent Love Pardon
We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Big Confess Fault One People Persuade
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Deserve General Goodness No One Power Praise Wick
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Clever Enough Evil Know Man No
Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Absolute Cease Certain Change Doubt Either Jealousy Madness Passion Turn
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Ambition Lead Love Offer Seldom
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Homage Hypocrisy Pay Vice Virtue
We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Offensive Others Own Patience People Vanity
It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Also Enough Great Manage Quality
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Easier General Know Men Particular

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes