By subscribing to Quotes Digest you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
- Francois de La RochefoucauldPhoto by Aaron Burden on Unsplash
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
- Francois de La RochefoucauldWhat makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity...
There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.
It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition which...
When I wrote the song I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea and the fishermen come up at five in the morning and they were all chanting. And we went on the beach and we got chased by a mad dog - big as a donkey.
By subscribing to Daily Mail Quotes you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.