Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in...

The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in...

The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or...

The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or...

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to...

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to...

In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost...

In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost...

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so...

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so...

Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.

Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.

The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.

The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.

Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of...

Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of...

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests,...

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests,...

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he...

It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he...

The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they...

The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they...

We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than...

We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than...

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of...

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of...

Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.

Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.