Love is a wild bird that no one can tame. It's useless to chase it If it won't play the game - From the Opera Carmen

Quote by Francois La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Francois La Rochefoucauld Quotes

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,...

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...

Age is a tyrant who forbids at the penalty of life all the pleasures of...

Age is a tyrant who forbids at the penalty of life all the pleasures of...

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.

When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.

If we judge of love by its usual effects, it resembles hatred more than friendship.

If we judge of love by its usual effects, it resembles hatred more than friendship.

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...

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...

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a...

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a...

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...

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

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

Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to...

Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to...

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one which arouses the least pity...

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one which arouses the least pity...

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...

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

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...

There are things you do sometimes, actions that you take by obeying sudden impulses, without...

There are things you do sometimes, actions that you take by obeying sudden impulses, without...

When the impulses which stir us to profound emotion are integrated with the medium of...

When the impulses which stir us to profound emotion are integrated with the medium of...

The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.

The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.

Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate....

Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate....