The pleasure of love is in loving, and we derive more happiness from the passion that we experience than from the passion we arouse.

Quote by Francois La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Love Quotes

The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to...

The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to...

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...

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.

If we resist our passions, it is more through their weakness than from our strength

If we resist our passions, it is more through their weakness than from our strength

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

When our vices quit us, we flatter ourselves with the belief that it is we...

When our vices quit us, we flatter ourselves with the belief that it is we...

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...

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

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.

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

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

Nothing is given so profusely as advice

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...

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...

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...

We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we...

We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we...

Jealousy is always born with love, but does not always die with it

Jealousy is always born with love, but does not always die with it

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...

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...

Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer.

Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer.

There is truth in the reply of a great lawyer when asked how the lawyers...

There is truth in the reply of a great lawyer when asked how the lawyers...