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 can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare...

One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare...

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...

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...

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...

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome...

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome...

The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself

The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself

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

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...

Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out a candle,...

Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out a candle,...

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.

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...

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

Confidence in nonsense is a requirement of the creative process

Confidence in nonsense is a requirement of the creative process

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

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.

Fortune and humor govern the world.

Fortune and humor govern the world.

Nature makes merit, and fortune puts it to work

Nature makes merit, and fortune puts it to work

Jealousy is always born with love, but does not always die with it

Jealousy is always born with love, but does not always die with it

Not necessarily reputation, rank, societal position or status,but the happiness and enjoyment that a person...

Not necessarily reputation, rank, societal position or status,but the happiness and enjoyment that a person...

Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins

Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins