Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!
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Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
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Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.
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It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.
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One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
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One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.
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Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
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One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
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Man’s greatest weakness is his love for life.
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I recover my property wherever I find it.
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There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one’s work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
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Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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