The checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
MADAME DE STAELWit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
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Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
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When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.
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The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.
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A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
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One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.
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In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.
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Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
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Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.
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The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
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Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.
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A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.
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Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
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To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
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