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 Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Yet—some Frenchman had written—“absence diminishes commonplace passions and enhances great ones.” — Diane Johnson Copy Share Image
