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Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.

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I used to think of deathlike I suppose soldiers think of it: it was a possible thing that I could well avoid by my skill.
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Avoid Death Possible Skill Soldier Thinking
The sight of anything extremely beautiful, in nature or in art, brings back the memory of what one loves, with the speed of lightning.
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Beautiful Light Love Sight Speed
The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.
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Alone Art Genius Himself Man Water
To seem sorrowful is not in good taste: You’re supposed to seem bored.
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Bored Goodness Sorrow Taste
Our true passions are selfish.
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One Liner Ourselves Passion Selfish
It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts.
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Coward Enlightenment Heart Ourselves Reading
Women prefer emotions to reasoning.
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Emotion Preference Reason Woman
I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.
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Crumble Myself Rule See World
A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
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Appointment Happiness Wisdom Woman
Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.
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Emotion Search Woman
A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.
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Concern Fools Small Thinking
Beauty is nothing but a promise of happiness.
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Beautiful Happiness Promise
But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure.
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Happiness Myself Pleasure Time
Love is like fever; it comes and goes without the will having any part of the process.
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Fever Love Process Willing
Spring appears and we are once more children.
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Appearance Children Ourselves Spring
The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.
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Fear Love Ourselves Proportion

Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.

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