Quote of François de La Rochefoucauld - Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases...
Biography - François de La Rochefoucauld:
French moralist, author of maxims and memoirs.
Born: 1613 - Died: 1680
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1613 - Died: 1680
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
Translation
(French, German, Italian)
L'assenza attenua le passioni mediocri ed aumenta le grandi, come il vento spegne le candele e ravviva il fuoco.
See also...
Quotes about passion:
All men are liable to error and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.
The time at our disposal each day is elastic the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it.
Intelligence is the eye of the soul, not its strength. Its strength is in the heart, that is, in the passions.
Quotes for: wind
Since I grew tired of the chase
And search, I learned to find;
And since the wind blows in my face,
I sail with every wind.
And search, I learned to find;
And since the wind blows in my face,
I sail with every wind.
Quotes for: fire
This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.
Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being.
The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.
François de La Rochefoucauld also said...
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