"When our hatred is too alive puts..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Women know not the whole of their coquetry.”

“We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.”

“To be a great man it is necessary to turn to account all opportunities.”

“And here one must not that hatred is acquired just as much by means of good actions as by bad ones; and so, as I said above, if a prince wishes to maintain the state, he is often obliged not to be good; because whenever that group which you believe you need to support you is corrupted, whether it be the common people, the soldiers, or the nobles, it is to your advantage to follow their inclinations in order to satisfy them; and then good actions are your enemy.”

“Hatred is the ballast of the rock which lies upon our necks and underfoot.”

“Humankind has to get out of violence only through non-violence. Hatred can be overcome only by love. Counter - hatred only increases the surface as well as the depth of hatred.”

“Affection would not be affection if it was loudly and frequently expressed; to produce it in public is like getting your household furniture out for a move. It did very well in its place, but it looks shabby or tawdry or grotesque in the sunshine.”

“He pleaded so much that he lost his voice. His bones began to fill with words.”

“Indeed there has never been any explanation of the ebb and flow in our veins--of happiness and unhappiness.”