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A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.

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Perhaps men who cannot love passionately are those who feel the effect of beauty most keenly; at any rate this is the strongest impression women can make on them.
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Feeling Impression Love Man Passion 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
People happy in love have an air of intensity.
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Happiness Intensity Love People
A good book is an event in my life.
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Book Goodness Life
What is really beautiful must always be true.
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Beautiful True
I have a bad memory for facts.
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Bad Fact Memories Myself
Love is a well from which we can drink only as much as we have put in, and the stars that shine from it are only our eyes looking in.
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Drink Eyes Love Ourselves Shine Stardom
Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.
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Fashion Hide
This religion takes away the courage of thinking of unusual things and prohibits self-examination above all as the most egregious of sins. It is one step away from protestantism.
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Courage Examination Myself Religion Sin Thinking
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
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Himself Interest Opinion Persuade Shepherd Try
All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.
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Clever Fear Foundation Religion Smart
Because one has little fear of shocking vanity in Italy, people adopt an intimate tone very quickly and discuss personal things.
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Fear Personal Quick Shock Thing
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
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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Average Feeling Greatness Lady Remark Rich Society Woman
Signs cannot be represented, in a spy’s report, so damningly as words.
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Report Representation Word
One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
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Acquire Character Oneself Solitude

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