Francois De La Rochefoucauld

(816 votes)   The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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(527 votes)   If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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(512 votes)   There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate it where it does not.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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(508 votes)   We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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(507 votes)   Jealously is always born with love but it does not die with it.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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(506 votes)   All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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(499 votes)   To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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(496 votes)   One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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(481 votes)   Hope is the last thing that dies in man; and though it be exceedingly deceitful, yet it is of this good use to us, that while we are traveling through life it conducts us in an easier and more pleasant way to our journey's end.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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(393 votes)   To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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(361 votes)   Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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(353 votes)   In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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(348 votes)   It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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(335 votes)   There is such a thing as a general revolution which changes the taste of men as it changes the fortunes of the world.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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(325 votes)   There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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