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When a man leaves his mistress, he runs the risk of being betrayed two or three times daily.

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War was then no longer this noble and unified outburst of souls in love with glory that he had imagined from Napoleon’s proclamations.
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Glory Himself Imagination Noble War
Friendship has its illusions no less than love.
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Friendship Illusion Love
If you want to be witty, work on your character and say what you think on every occasion.
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Character Occasion Thinking Work Yourself
Faith, I am no such fool; everyone for himself in this desert of selfishness which is called life.
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Desert Faith Fool Happiness Life
One of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.
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Drag Genius Mindset Thinking Vulgar
This religion takes away the courage of thinking of unusual things and prohibits self-examination above all as the most egregious of sins. It is one step away from protestantism.
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Courage Examination Myself Religion Sin Thinking
Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.
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Art Escape Logic Science
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
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
It is not enough for a landscape to be interesting in itself. Eventually there must be a moral and historic interest.
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Enough History Interest Moral
Signs cannot be represented, in a spy’s report, so damningly as words.
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Report Representation Word
Far less envy in America than in France.
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Feeling Jealous Place
On a cold winter morning a cigar fortifies the soul.
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Hard Soul Winter
An English traveller relates how he lived upon intimate terms with a tiger; he had reared it and used to play with it, but always kept a loaded pistol on the table.
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Himself Intimate Live Load Play Relate Travel Weapon
People happy in love have an air of intensity.
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Happiness Intensity Love People
Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.
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Happiness Love Power Source

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