The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
MADAME DE STAELThat 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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The greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action.
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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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Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
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In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.
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The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
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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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Love is the whole history of a woman’s life, it is but an episode in a man’s.
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Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
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We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.
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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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Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
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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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When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
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The checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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