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

A woman often thinks she regrets the lover, when she only regrets the love

A woman often thinks she regrets the lover, when she only regrets the love

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they...

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they...

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...

It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but...

It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but...

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.

Love is like the ocean waves, it either has it high or low times and...

Love is like the ocean waves, it either has it high or low times and...

Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out a candle,...

Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out a candle,...

Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than...

Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than...

We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love is our...

We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love is our...

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...

Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.

Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.

Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment...

Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment...

Old men are fond of giving advice to console themselves for being no longer in...

Old men are fond of giving advice to console themselves for being no longer in...

In jealousy there is more of self-love than love

In jealousy there is more of self-love than love

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...

The pleasure of love is in loving; we are happier in the passion we feel...

The pleasure of love is in loving; we are happier in the passion we feel...

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate...

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate...

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...

Sometimes we just get disappointed in our loved ones because we expect so much from...

Sometimes we just get disappointed in our loved ones because we expect so much from...

To love for the sake of being loved is human, But to love for the...

To love for the sake of being loved is human, But to love for the...

Some people never say the words 'I love you' It's not their style to be...

Some people never say the words 'I love you' It's not their style to be...