We often make use of envenomed praise, that reveals on the rebound, as it were, defects in those praised which we dare not exposeany other way.
Francois de La RochefoucauldHow can we be answerable for what we shall want in the future, since we have no clear idea of what we want now?
Francois de La RochefoucauldThere are few people who would not be ashamed of being loved when they love no longer.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld