François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac (15 September 1613 – 17 March 1680) was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs.
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines. Use this quote
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love. Use this quote
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty. Use this quote
What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them. Use this quote
Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route. Use this quote
Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can; and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being. Use this quote
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors. Use this quote
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors. Use this quote
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen. Use this quote
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not. Use this quote
