Francois de La Rochefoucauld quotes
French Writer September 15, 1613 – March 17, 1680
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

People would never fall in love if they hadn't heard love talked about.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives to all the miseries, but is dead to all the pleasures.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There are some people who would never have fallen in love if they had not heard there was such a thing.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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