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Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

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Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.
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Art Escape Logic Science
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
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Carry Main Mirror Novel Road
The tyranny of public opinion (and what an opinion!) is as fatuous in the small towns of France as it is in the United States of America.
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Opinion Public Small Unity
One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
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Acquire Character Oneself Solitude
Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.
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Life Regain Short Wasted Time
Who knows whether it is not true that phosphorus and mind are not the same thing?
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Different Known Mindset True
Any man who talks about his love affairs thereby proves he is ignorant of love and is moved only by vanity.
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Ignorance Love Man Move Talk Vanity
It is difficult to escape from the prevailing disease of one’s generation.
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Difficult Escape Generation Sick
Because one has little fear of shocking vanity in Italy, people adopt an intimate tone very quickly and discuss personal things.
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Fear Personal Quick Shock Thing
To seem sorrowful is not in good taste: You’re supposed to seem bored.
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Bored Goodness Sorrow Taste
The first virtue of a young man today – that is, for the next fifty years perhaps, as long as we live in fear, and religion has regained its powers – is to be incapable of enthusiasm and not to have much in the way of brains.
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Brain Fear Live Man Power Regain Religion Virtue Way Young
She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice?
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Expectation Imitation Oneself
When a man leaves his mistress, he runs the risk of being betrayed two or three times daily.
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Betrayal Leaving Man Risk Time
In our calling, we have to choose; we must make our fortune either in this world or in the next, there is no middle way.
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Call Choice Fortune Way World
There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.
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Beautiful Happiness Style Vision
All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.
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Clever Fear Foundation Religion Smart

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