Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.
MADAME DE STAELThe sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.
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Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it.
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Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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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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To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
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The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.
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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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Love is the whole history of a woman’s life, it is but an episode in a man’s.
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In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.
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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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One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.
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When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
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