We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.
MADAME DE STAELOne must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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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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Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
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The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
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The checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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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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Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.
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Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
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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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The greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action.
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The more I see of men the more I like dogs.
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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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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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To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
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