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

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.

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

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

Fertility of mind does not furnish us with so many resources on the same matter,...

Fertility of mind does not furnish us with so many resources on the same matter,...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

The pleasure of love is in loving.

The pleasure of love is in loving.

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...

The mind cannot long act the role of the heart.

The mind cannot long act the role of the heart.

The only thing constant in life is change.

The only thing constant in life is change.

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt

Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt

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...

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...

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...

For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.

For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.

Love doesnt give up just because someting goes wrong or because your feelings are hurt.God...

Love doesnt give up just because someting goes wrong or because your feelings are hurt.God...

When we love, we admire with the heart.

When we love, we admire with the heart.

The cure for all ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows and the crimes of...

The cure for all ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows and the crimes of...