True love is like the appearance of ghosts: everyone talks about it but few have seen it.
François de La Rochefoucauld
2015
Tag: La Rochefoucauld
We promise according to our hopes; we fulfil according to our fears.
François de La Rochefoucauld
2023
To succeed in the world we do everything we can to appear successful already.
François de La Rochefoucauld
2025
When not prompted by vanity, we say little.
François de La Rochefoucauld
2025
If we judge love by the majority of its results, it resembles hatred more than friendship.
François de La Rochefoucauld
2025
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.
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
