"Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love."
― Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Love
― Francois de La Rochefoucauld
More From Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- "It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend."
- "We pardon to the extent that we love."
- "We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years."
More In Love
- "One must not trifle with love."― Alfred de Musset
- "The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other."― Honore de Balzac
- "I love you is the inscription on Pandora’s box."― Mason Cooley