It is impossible to love a second time what we have really ceased to love.
Francois de La RochefoucauldA man is sometimes better off deceived about the one he loves, than undeceived.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe daily employment of cunning marks a little mind, it generally happens that those who resort to it in one respect to protect themselves lay themselves open to attack in another.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld