What did François de La Rochefoucauld mean by: The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire. François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France Copy
Before strongly desiring anything, we should look carefully into the happiness of its present owner. Read explanation Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François de La Rochefoucauld, Consideration, Empathy, Perspective, 0 François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of. Read explanation Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François de La Rochefoucauld, Folly, Growth, Redemption, 0 François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
True friendship destroys envy, and true love destroys coquetterie. Read explanation Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François de La Rochefoucauld, Envy, Friendship, Love, 0 François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady. Read explanation Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François de La Rochefoucauld, Balance, Health, Moderation, 0 François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
We have not strength enough to follow our reason so far as it would carry us. Read explanation Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François de La Rochefoucauld, Limitations, Reason, Strength, 0 François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Most men, like plants, possess hidden qualities which chance discovers. Read explanation Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François de La Rochefoucauld, Discovery, Luck, Potential, 0 François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Before we passionately desire a thing, we should examine the happiness of its possessor. Read explanation Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François de La Rochefoucauld, Desire, Empathy, Happiness, 0 François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech. Read explanation Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François de La Rochefoucauld, Connection, Identity, Memory, 0 François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The real function of art is to change mental patterns … making new thought possible. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
Equilibrium is the profoundest tendency of all human activity. Read explanation Jean Piaget Psychologist · Switzerland
The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
