Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs. ”

We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish. ”

In love we often doubt what we most believe. ”

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire. ”

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

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones. ”

One forgives to the degree that one loves. ”

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires. ”

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love. ”

When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe. ”