780 ordspråk av François de la Rochefoucauld
François de la Rochefoucauld
François de la Rochefoucauld föddes den September 15th 1613 och dog den 17 March 1680 - French writer
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 Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire |
| Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire |
| Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out a candle, and blows in a fire. |
| Absence makes thy heart grow fonder - of somebody; else |
| Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and kindles fires. |
| Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and kindles fires. |
| Affected simplicity is refined imposture. |
| Age is a tyrant who forbids at the penalty of life all the pleasures of youth |
| Ah, Hope! What would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of today, for the golden beams that are to gild the morrow. |
| Alaskans deserve a coastal management program that works for Alaska. This is another example of the federal government dictating from afar program requirements that don't make sense in Alaska. |
| All feelings have their peculiar tone of voice, gestures and looks, and this harmony, as it is good or bad, pleasant or unpleasant, makes people agreeable or disagreeable. |
| All our qualities are uncertain and doubtful, both the good as well as the bad, and nearly all are creatures of opportunities. |
| All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones. |
| All those who pay the debts of gratitude cannot thereby flatter themselves that they are grateful. |
| All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates. |
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Proverb (1469548 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
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Born (10495 st)
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Toplists (6 st)
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