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

Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as...

Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as...

The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to...

The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to...

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,...

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

When our vices quit us, we flatter ourselves with the belief that it is we...

When our vices quit us, we flatter ourselves with the belief that it is we...

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is...

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is...

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...

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.

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...

Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set...

Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set...

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...

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,...

Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass...

Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass...

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives...

Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives...

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...

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...

He that waits upon fortune is never sure of a dinner.

He that waits upon fortune is never sure of a dinner.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.