There are few people who are not ashamed of their love affairs when the infatuation is over.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Famous Love Quotes, Love Quotes

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.

We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.

We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.

Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition...

Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition...

In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes...

In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes...

True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.

True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the...

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the...

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that...

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that...

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

A man's worth has its season, like fruit.

A man's worth has its season, like fruit.

Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.

Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.

Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.

Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.

We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive...

We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive...

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if...

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if...

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look...

We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look...