To succeed in the world we do everything we can to appear successful already.
François de La Rochefoucauld
2025
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When not prompted by vanity, we say little.
François de La Rochefoucauld
2025
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.
François de La Rochefoucauld
2023
It is difficult to define love. In the soul it is a passion to rule; in the mind it is sympathy; and in the body it is only a hidden and tactful desire to possess what we love after many mysteries.
François de La Rochefoucauld
2023
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
François de La Rochefoucauld
2023
Parallel Aesthetics 