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François de La Rochefoucauld

@larochefoucauld · 399 excerpts

The greatest fault of penetration is not failing to reach the goal but overshooting it.

Envy is destroyed by true friendship, and coquetry by true love.

If one believes he loves his mistress for her own sake, he is greatly mistaken.

Certain tears often deceive ourselves after deceiving others.

One always fears to see the one he loves when he has just been flirting elsewhere.

It is almost always the lover’s fault not to know when he is no longer loved.

The violence we do ourselves to keep from loving is often crueller than the rigors of the one we love.