La Rochefoucauld
Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist
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tiny.ag/8zet9hei · ★★☆☆ Fair (138 ratings) · submitted 1997
Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out a candle, and fans a bonfire.
tiny.ag/hxz4udr0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (171 ratings) · submitted 1997
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
tiny.ag/hlnxvxip · ★★☆☆ Fair (136 ratings) · submitted 1997
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
tiny.ag/umrsfwb2 · ★★☆☆ Fair (188 ratings) · submitted 1997
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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