Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not. ”

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude. ”

When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes. ”

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

The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her. ”

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do. ”

Jealously is always born with love but it does not die with it. ”

The passions are the only orators which always persuade. ”

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever. ”

There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations. ”