O vanity! you are the lever by means of which Archimedes wished to lift the earth!
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVOf two friends, one is always the slave of the other, although frequently neither acknowledges the fact to himself.
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Of two friends, one is always the slave of the other, although frequently neither acknowledges the fact to himself.
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Passions are merely ideas in their initial stage.
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If only people thought a little more about it, they would see that life is not worrying about so much.
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My whole life has been merely a succession of miserable and unsuccessful denials of feelings or reason.
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A strange thing, the human heart in general, and woman’s heart in particular.
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He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.
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Women love only those whom they do not know!
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I was ready to love the whole world, but no one understood me, and I learned to hate.
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We survive on novelty, so much less demanding than commitment.
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Afraid of decision, I buried my finer feelings in the depths of my heart and they died there.
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And I, as I lived, in an alien land, Will die a slave and an orphan.
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Happiness comes the way the wind blows.
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For what did the creator prepare me,Why did he so terribly contradict, The hopes of my youth?
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One should never spurn a penitent criminal: in his despair he may become twice as much a criminal as before.
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What is this eternity to me without you? What is the infinity of my domains? Empty ringing words, A spacious temple – without a divinity!
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