Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.
MADAME DE STAELInnocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
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The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
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Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man’s power is increased.
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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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The checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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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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Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
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Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
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A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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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 mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
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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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Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
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