It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.
ALEXANDRE DUMASIf God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.
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When a man resolves to avenge himself, he should first of all tear out the heart from his breast.
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To learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the others.
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There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
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Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
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Remember that what has once been done may be done again.
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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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You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart.
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Joy to hearts which have suffered long is like the dew on the ground after a long drought; both the heart and the ground absorb that beneficent moisture falling on them, and nothing is outwardly apparant.
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Capricious and unfaithful, the king wished to be called Louis the Just and Louis the Chaste. Posterity will find a difficulty in understanding this character, which history explains only by facts and never by reason.
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Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
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Be kind. Aim for my heart.
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As a general rule…people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.
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Love is the most selfish of all the passions.
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So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: ‘Perhaps!
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I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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