常言道：君子守恒，小人易变。

法国总统萨科齐曾与和卡扎菲握手言欢，在国际场合展现出亲近的一面。日前，卡扎菲的儿子赛义夫在接受欧洲媒体采访时还披露，利比亚曾经资助了萨科齐2007年的总统竞选活动，而此次军事行动，萨科齐却成为“带头大哥”。2007年12月8日，在葡萄牙首都里斯本举行的第二届欧盟-非洲首脑会议上，利比亚领导人卡扎菲(左)与法国总统萨科齐交谈。（《翻脸比翻书快！曾与卡扎菲把手言欢的西方政要[图]》：http://forum.home.news.cn/detail/83260630/1.html）

为什么会如此？除了国家之间只有赤裸裸的利益之外，恐怕还要到法国人的民族性格中去找找原因。

法国思想家Jean-Jacques Rousseau（让-雅克·卢梭）在其自传体作品The Confessions（《忏悔录》）中谈到法国人时说：

 “I must, however, do justice to the French; they do not exhaust themselves so much in protestations as is said, and those they make are nearly always sincere; but they have a way of appearing to be interested in you, which is more deceptive than words. The coarse compliments of the Swiss can only impose upon fools. The manners of the French are more seductive, for the very that they are simpler; one would think that they are not telling you all they mean to do for you, in order to give you a more agreeable surprise. I will say more: they are not false in their professions; they are naturally obliging, kindly, benevolent, and even, whatever one may say, more sincere than any other nation; but they are fickle and flighty. The feelings which they express towards you are genuine; but these feelings are no sooner come than they are gone. When you converse with them, they are full of you; as soon as you are out of their sight, they forget you. Nothing is permanent in their hearts; with them everything is the work of the moment.”

你看看，卢梭说得没错吧？