“Avarice misapprehends itself almost always. There is no passion which more often will miss its aim, nor upon which the present has so much influence to the prejudice of the future.” PassionInfluenceMissingPrejudiceAimGreedAvarice Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“No matter how much care we put into hiding our passions under the appearances of devotion and honor, they can always be seen to peer out through these covers.” MatterCarePassionHonorAppearanceDevotionHidingPeers Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“In the human heart there is a ceaseless birth of passions, so that the destruction of one is almost always the establishment of another.” HumansHeartPassionBirthDestructionEstablishmentHuman Heart Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“The duration of our passions is no more dependent on ourselves than the duration of our lives.” PassionOur LivesDependentDuration Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“We often pride ourselves on even the most criminal passions, but envy is a timid and shamefaced passion we never dare to acknowledge.” PassionPrideDareEnvyCriminalsAcknowledge Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“The most violent passions sometimes leave us at rest, but vanity agitates us constantly.” SometimesPassionViolentVanityAgitate Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat and cold of the blood.” DifferentPassionBloodColdDegreesHeatHeat And Cold Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Spiritual health is no more stable than bodily; and though we may seem unaffected by the passions we are just as liable to be carried away by them as to fall ill when in good health.” MaySeemsSpiritualFallPassionHealthIllStableGood HealthLiableCarried AwaySpiritual Health Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
