276.--Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as… — Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims — François de La Rochefoucauld

276.--Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind will blow out a candle, and blow in a fire.

Place: ¶436
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