One forgives to the degree that one loves François VI. de La RochefoucauldforgivenessdependenceloveabilitytolerancequarreltroublesCopy this quote
“We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him
“One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them
“The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you