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

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

The happiness or unhappiness of men depends no less on their dispositions than on their...

The happiness or unhappiness of men depends no less on their dispositions than on their...

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.

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

The truly wise, Will only prize, Good manners, Sense and learning

The truly wise, Will only prize, Good manners, Sense and learning

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...

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

Confidence in nonsense is a requirement of the creative process

Confidence in nonsense is a requirement of the creative process

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...

Fortune and humor govern the world.

Fortune and humor govern the world.

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...

Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking...

Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking...

The love of justice in most men is simply the fear of suffering injustice.

The love of justice in most men is simply the fear of suffering injustice.

We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love is our...

We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love is our...

How sweet it is to love, and to be dissolved, and as it were to...

How sweet it is to love, and to be dissolved, and as it were to...

In love, there is always one who kisses and one who offers the cheek.

In love, there is always one who kisses and one who offers the cheek.