One forgives to the degree that one loves.

Quote by Francois La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Love Quotes

If we are to judge of love by the consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred...

If we are to judge of love by the consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred...

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,...

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...

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

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

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

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

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.

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...

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...

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...

Few people know death, we only endure it, usually from determination, and even from stupidity...

Few people know death, we only endure it, usually from determination, and even from stupidity...

In jealousy there is more of self-love than love

In jealousy there is more of self-love than love

Most women do not grieve so much for the death of their lovers for love's-sake,...

Most women do not grieve so much for the death of their lovers for love's-sake,...

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.

In their first passion women love their lovers, in all the others they love love.

In their first passion women love their lovers, in all the others they love love.

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

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,...

Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do...

I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do...

When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should...

When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should...