Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
MADAME DE STAELWit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
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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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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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The more I see of men the more I like dogs.
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The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
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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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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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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 greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action.
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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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Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
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We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.
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When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
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One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
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A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
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