Absence diminishes minor passions and inflames great ones, as the wind douses a candle and fans a fire.

Absence diminishes minor passions and inflames great ones, as the wind douses a candle and fans a fire.

离别会减少人的一些小感情，却能煽起大火，就像风吹灭蜡烛，煽旺篝火一样。

-- François de La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦德拉罗切福科