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

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.

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 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...

There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when...

There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when...

The heat of youth is not more opposed to safety than the coldness of age.

The heat of youth is not more opposed to safety than the coldness of age.

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

The only thing constant in life is change.

The only thing constant in life is change.

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

The mind cannot long act the role of the heart.

The mind cannot long act the role of the heart.

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.

However evil men may be they dare not be openly hostile to virtue, and so...

However evil men may be they dare not be openly hostile to virtue, and so...

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

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...

The truly wise, Will only prize, Good manners, Sense and learning

The truly wise, Will only prize, Good manners, Sense and learning

Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.

Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.

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...

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

A strong woman is able to smile in the morning like she wasn't crying last...

A strong woman is able to smile in the morning like she wasn't crying last...

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the...

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the...