Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt

Quote by Francois La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Innocence Quotes, Luck Quotes

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate...

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate...

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

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...

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...

We may give advice, but we can't inspire conduct.

We may give advice, but we can't inspire conduct.

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...

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...

To a person in love, the value of the individual is intuitively known. Love needs...

To a person in love, the value of the individual is intuitively known. Love needs...

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...

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...

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.

In their first passion women love their lovers, in all the others they love love.

In their first passion women love their lovers, in all the others they love love.

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...

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

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...

The pleasure of love is in the loving; and there is more joy in the...

The pleasure of love is in the loving; and there is more joy in the...

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.

Any one must see at a glance that if men and women marry those whom...

Any one must see at a glance that if men and women marry those whom...

Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an...

Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an...