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“ ”276. — Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind will blow out a candle, and blow in a fire.
About Fran ois de La Rochefoucauld
François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, le Prince de Marcillac (September 15 1613 – March 17 1680) was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs, as well as an example of the accomplished 17th-century nobleman.
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Additional quotes by Fran ois de La Rochefoucauld
The vagaries of our moods are even stranger than those of fortune
The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones.
28. — Jealousy is in a manner just and reasonable, as it tends to preserve a good which belongs, or which we believe belongs to us, on the other hand envy is a fury which cannot endure the happiness of others.