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

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

The only thing constant in life is change.

The only thing constant in life is change.

The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to...

The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to...

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 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.

The love of glory, the fear of disgrace, the incentive to succeed, the desire to...

The love of glory, the fear of disgrace, the incentive to succeed, the desire to...

Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than...

Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than...

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...

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

In jealousy there is more of self-love than love

In jealousy there is more of self-love than love

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in...

The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in...

Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart

Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart