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Famous Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
“The simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.”
“Of all the violent passions, the one that becomes a woman best is love.”
“Indolence, languid as it is, often masters both passions and virtues.”
“Women can less easily surmount their coquetry than their passions.”
“Women can more easily conquer their passion than their coquetterie.”
“Men never desire anything very eagerly which they desire only by the dictates of reason.”
“The passions of youth are not more dangerous to health than is the lukewarmness of old age.”
“Passion often makes a fool of the cleverest man and often makes the most foolish men clever”
“In their early passions women are in love with the lover, later they are in love with love.”
“Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.”
“All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.”
“If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.”
“Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.”