More quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge."
"There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not."
"No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong."
"We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears."
"If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship."