Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment it ceases to hope or to fear

Quote by Francois La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Impulses Quotes, Love Quotes

In the old age of love as in life we still survive for the evils,...

In the old age of love as in life we still survive for the evils,...

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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

Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as...

Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as...

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

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...

Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

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 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.

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they...

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they...

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

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...

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...

Some men know that a light touch of the tongue, running from a woman's toes...

Some men know that a light touch of the tongue, running from a woman's toes...

We barely have time to react in this world, let alone rehearse, and I don't...

We barely have time to react in this world, let alone rehearse, and I don't...

When you get married you forget about kissing other women.

When you get married you forget about kissing other women.