It is far better to be deceived than undeceived by those whom we tenderly love.
Francois de La RochefoucauldOld age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is more often from pride than from ignorance that we are so obstinately opposed to current opinions; we find the first places taken, and we do not want to be the last.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld