La Rochefoucauld §laroch_266: We deceive ourselves if we believe that there are violent passions like ambit...

We deceive ourselves if we believe that there are violent passions like ambition and love that can triumph over others. Idleness, languishing as she is, does not often fail in being mistress; she usurps authority over all the plans and actions of life; imperceptibly consuming and destroying both passions and virtues.