When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.
ALEXANDRE DUMASThrough the ingenuousness of her age beamed an ardent mind, a mind not of the women but of the poet; she did not please, she intoxicated.
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It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.
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To save a man and thereby to spare a father’s agony and a mother’s feelings is not to do a noble deed, it is but an act of humanity.
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It is the way of weakened minds to see everything through a black cloud. The soul forms its own horizons; your soul is darkened, and consequently the sky of the future appears stormy and unpromising.
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I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.
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Youth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen.
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True love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.
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The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
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God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.
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I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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No, I slept as I always do when I am bored and have not the courage to amuse myself, or when I am hungry and have not the desire to eat.
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I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.
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The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow – so arbitrary are these transient laws.
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There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible.
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We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.
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Be kind. Aim for my heart.
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