Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever

Quote by Francois La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Passion Quotes

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.

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

If we resist our passions, it is more through their weakness than from our strength

If we resist our passions, it is more through their weakness than from our strength

When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.

When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.

We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the...

We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the...

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one that we take...

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one that we take...

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,...

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.

For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

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.

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...

Youth changes its tastes by the warmth of its blood, age retains its tastes by...

Youth changes its tastes by the warmth of its blood, age retains its tastes by...

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

Age is a tyrant who forbids at the penalty of life all the pleasures of...

Age is a tyrant who forbids at the penalty of life all the pleasures of...

Though confidence is very fine, and makes the future sunny; I want no confidence for...

Though confidence is very fine, and makes the future sunny; I want no confidence for...

Jealousy is always born with love, but does not always die with it

Jealousy is always born with love, but does not always die with it

In jealousy there is more self-love than love

In jealousy there is more self-love than love

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his...

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his...