The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

Quote by Francois La Rochefoucauld

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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...

However evil men may be they dare not be openly hostile to virtue, and so...

However evil men may be they dare not be openly hostile to virtue, and so...

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,...

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...

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be...

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be...

Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives...

Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives...

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.

The pleasure of love is in loving; we are happier in the passion we feel...

The pleasure of love is in loving; we are happier in the passion we feel...

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.

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...

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever

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 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...

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate...

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate...

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...

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...

Do what you will while you're able, find what it is that you seek.

Do what you will while you're able, find what it is that you seek.

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.