La Rochefoucauld

“The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.”

“It is a kind of happiness to know just how unhappy we could be.”

“It is much easier to extinguish a first desire than to satisfy all of those that follow it.”

“The intellect is always fooled by the heart.”

“En la amistad como en el amor se es más feliz por las cosas que se ignoran que por las que se saben".”

“En la adversidad de nuestros mejores amigos siempre encontramos algo que no nos desagrada”

“In the human heart one generation of passions follows another; from the ashes of one springs the spark of the next.”

“Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.”

“Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.”

“Orang yang mengira bisa hidup tapa orang lain berarti membohongi diri sendiri, tetapi mereka yang mengira orang-orang lain tidak bisa hidup tanpa dia lebih keliru lagi.”

“It is with true love as with ghosts and apparitions: Every one talks of it, and scarcely any one has seen it”

“Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.”

“When not prompted by vanity, we say little.”

“All passions make us commit faults, but love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.”

“He who lives without folly is not as wise as he may think.”