Love is a wild bird that no one can tame. It's useless to chase it If it won't play the game - From the Opera Carmen

Quote by Francois La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Francois La Rochefoucauld Quotes

The truly wise, Will only prize, Good manners, Sense and learning

The truly wise, Will only prize, Good manners, Sense and learning

The happiness or unhappiness of men depends no less on their dispositions than on their...

The happiness or unhappiness of men depends no less on their dispositions than on their...

The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies.

The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies.

The pleasure of love is in loving. We are much happier in the passion we...

The pleasure of love is in loving. We are much happier in the passion we...

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one which arouses the least pity...

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one which arouses the least pity...

We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good,...

We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good,...

The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself

The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself

Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking...

Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking...

The only thing constant in life is change.

The only thing constant in life is change.

The pleasure of love is in the loving; and there is more joy in the...

The pleasure of love is in the loving; and there is more joy in the...

Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt

Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt

Old men like to give good advice in order to console themselves for not being...

Old men like to give good advice in order to console themselves for not being...

Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to...

Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to...

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us...

When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us...

Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.

Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.

The pleasure of love is in loving, and we derive more happiness from the passion...

The pleasure of love is in loving, and we derive more happiness from the passion...

Of all the violent passions the one that becomes a woman best is love.

Of all the violent passions the one that becomes a woman best is love.

Women want men, careers, money, children, friends, luxury, comfort, independence, freedom, respect, love, and three...

Women want men, careers, money, children, friends, luxury, comfort, independence, freedom, respect, love, and three...

Dorothy is the only woman in history who has had her menopause in public and...

Dorothy is the only woman in history who has had her menopause in public and...