L'absence diminue les mediocres passions, et augmente les grandes,comme le vent eteint les bougies, et allume le feu. Absence diminishes commonplace passions, and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and kindles fire.
Francois de La RochefoucauldPassion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe pleasure of love is in loving; we are happier in the passion we feel than in what we inspire.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld