The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
MADAME DE STAELThe greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action.
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The checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man’s power is increased.
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Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
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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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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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A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.
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One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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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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To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
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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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Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
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The greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action.
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Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
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