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Jealousy is always born with love, but does not die with it. In jealousy there is more of self-love than of love to another.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Age: 66 †
Born: 1613
Born: September 15
Died: 1680
Died: March 17
Memoirist
Military Personnel
Writer
Paris
France
François VI
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Prince de Marcillac
François
Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Dies
Born
Another
Doe
Self
Always
Love
Jealousy

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