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Love has always been the most important business in my life; I should say the only one.

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In our calling, we have to choose; we must make our fortune either in this world or in the next, there is no middle way.
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Call Choice Fortune Way World
In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future.
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Better Collection Future Hope Lost Love Passion Yourself
I call “crystallization” that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events.
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If you want to be witty, work on your character and say what you think on every occasion.
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Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.
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The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
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Close Himself Life Prison Thinking Worst
Now that the steam engine rules the world, a title is an absurdity, still I am all dressed up in this title. It will crush me if Ido not support it. The title attracts attention to myself.
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Every great action is extreme when it is undertaken. Only after it has been accomplished does it seem possible to those creatures of more common stuff.
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Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.
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Great ladies are no more spiteful than the average rich woman; but one acquires in their society a greater susceptibility, and feels more profoundly andmore irremediably, their unpleasant remarks.
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Napoleon was indeed the man sent by God to help the youth of France! Who is to take his place?
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Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
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Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.
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A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
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I see but one rule: to be clear.
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After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.
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