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One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

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Any man who talks about his love affairs thereby proves he is ignorant of love and is moved only by vanity.
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Ignorance Love Man Move Talk Vanity
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 difference breeds hatred.
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Breed Difference Hate One Liner
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
Why not make an end of it all? My life is a succession of griefs and bitter feelings. What is death? A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.
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End Feeling Fools Grief Life Myself Success
Politics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert.
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Concert Imagination Politics
I am mad, I am going under, I must follow the advice of a friend, and pay no heed to myself.
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Advice Friendship Mad Myself Pay
There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.
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Beautiful Happiness Style Vision
One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
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Acquire Character Oneself Solitude
Sometimes the impact of Mozart’s music is so immediate that the vision in the mind remains blurred and incomplete, while the soul seems to be directly invaded, drenched in wave upon wave of melancholy.
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Blurry Direct Impact Mindset Music Sadness Time Vision
I call “crystallization” that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events.
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Action Crystal Discover Event Mindset
Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.
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Life Regain Short Wasted Time
I love her beauty, but I fear her mind.
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Beautiful Fear Herself Love Mindset
One of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.
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Drag Genius Mindset Thinking Vulgar
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
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Description Happiness Spoil
Our true passions are selfish.
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One Liner Ourselves Passion Selfish

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

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