Absence diminishes commonplace passions and increases great ones, as the wind… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Absence diminishes commonplace passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and kindles fire.
In the original French
L'absence diminue les médiocres passions et augmente les grandes, comme le vent éteint les bougies et allume le feu.
1678
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La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Collected Maxims and Other Reflections, translated by E. H. and A. M. Blackmore and Francine Giguere. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Original citation
La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]. c. 1665.