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François de La Rochefoucauld

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Biography - François de La Rochefoucauld:

French moralist, author of maxims and memoirs.
Born: 1613 - Died: 1680
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
France

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



Translation

Translation

(French, German, Italian)



French
L'absence diminue les médiocres passions, et augmente les grandes, comme le vent éteint les bougies, et allume le feu.

German
Trennung lässt matte Leidenschaften verkümmern und starke wachsen, wie der Wind die Kerze verlöscht und das Feuer entzündet.

Italian
L'assenza attenua le passioni mediocri ed aumenta le grandi, come il vento spegne le candele e ravviva il fuoco.




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Quotes for: passion


Quotes

Quotes about passion:


All men are liable to error and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.





Nothing great has ever been accomplished without passion.





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.





There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.





To grow old is to pass from passion to compassion.





Intelligence is the eye of the soul, not its strength. Its strength is in the heart, that is, in the passions.











Quotes for: wind


Quotes

Quotes for: wind


We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.





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.






The dunes change with the wind, but the desert remains the same.





The wind is rising!... We must try to live!





Beware of spitting against the wind!











Quotes

Quotes for: fire


Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of the fire.





One must never let the fire go out in one's soul but keep it burning.





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.





As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.





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.











Quotes

François de La Rochefoucauld also said...


It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.





There is no disguise which can long hide love where it exists, nor feign it where it does not.





If we had no pride we should not complain of that of others.





Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.





Few people know how to be old.





We are never so happy or so unhappy as we suppose.












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