Quotes by La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

Taste may change, but inclination never. >>

The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals. >>

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures o >>

Quotations about Anticipation

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had >>

If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is >>

Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something th >>

Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De