Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to each of the lover's qualities, giving preference now to one, now to another.

Quote by Francois La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Love Quotes, Sweet Love Quotes

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...

Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.

To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.

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.

Most women do not grieve so much for the death of their lovers for love's-sake,...

Most women do not grieve so much for the death of their lovers for love's-sake,...

The mind cannot long act the role of the heart.

The mind cannot long act the role of the heart.

If we are to judge of love by the consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred...

If we are to judge of love by the consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Little minds are too much hurt by little things; great minds are quite conscious of...

Little minds are too much hurt by little things; great minds are quite conscious of...

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...

Few people know death, we only endure it, usually from determination, and even from stupidity...

Few people know death, we only endure it, usually from determination, and even from stupidity...

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a...

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a...

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...

Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt

Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt

In the old age of love as in life we still survive for the evils,...

In the old age of love as in life we still survive for the evils,...

Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great...

Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great...

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we...

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we...