"Of all the violent passions, the one..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Of all the violent passions, the one that becomes a woman best is love.
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“It is as commendable to think well of oneself when alone, as it is ridiculous to speak well of oneself among others.”
“We often brag that we are never bored with ourselves, and are so vain as never to think ourselves bad company.”
“Constancy in love is of two sorts: One is the effect of new excellencies that are always presenting themselves afresh, and attractour affections continually; the other is only from a point of honor, and a taking of pride not to change.”
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“Lovers should guard their strangeness. If they forgive too much, all slides into confusion and meanness.”
“Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.”
“I was one of those fortunate individuals who grew up in a large, passionate, demonstrative Italian family where we were taught to love as naturally as we breathed and ate giant bowls of pasta!”
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“L'absence diminue les mediocres passions, et augmente les grandes,comme le vent eteint les bougies, et allume le feu. Absence diminishes commonplace passions, and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and kindles fire.”
“I can't remember anything without a sadness so deep that it hardly becomes known to me, so deep that its tears leave me a spectator of my own stupidity.”
“To get the stuff out of you, especially if what you're dealing with is yourself, requires you to open up and touch tender spots. You have to be anesthetized a little bit.”