Madame De La Fayette Quotes

#1. We pardon infidelities, but we do not forget them.

Madame De La Fayette

#2. If I had a lover who wanted to hear from me every day, I would break with him.

Madame De La Fayette

#3. Most mothers think that to keep young people away from love-making it is enough never to speak of it in their presence.

Madame De La Fayette

#4. I have left all my business and all my husbands; I have taken with me only fair weather and my children, which is as much as I want.

Madame De La Fayette

#5. If you judge by appearances in this place,' said Mme de Chartres, 'you will often be deceived, because what appears to be the case hardly ever is.

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#6. If one thinks that one is happy, that is enough to be happy.

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#7. You love writing; I hate it; and if I had a lover who expected a note from me every morning, I should certainly break with him. Let me beg you then not to measure my friendship by my writing ...

Madame De La Fayette

#8. One is very weak when one is in love.

Madame De La Fayette

#9. One may forgive infidelity, but one does not forget it.

Madame De La Fayette