Thursday, April 26, 2012

Whiter Shade Of Pale ~François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld,

spilling crimson says....AFrançois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld


The pleasure of love is in loving.

The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.

The passions are the only orators that always persuade.


The passions often engender their contraries.
Nothing is less sincere than our mode of asking and giving advice. He who asks seems to have a deference for the opinion of his friend, while he only aims to get approval of his own and make his friend responsible for his action. And he who gives advice repays the confidence supposed to be placed in him by a seemingly disinterested zeal, while he seldom means anything by his advice but his own interest or reputation.