“Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and fans fires.”

About François de La Rochefoucauld

Author • French

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, was a noted French moralist and author of maxims and memoirs. He is best known for his work Maximes, which offers a cynical and witty exploration of human self-interest and vanity....