Love has always been the most important business in my life; I should say the only one.
STENDHALA man who is half an idiot, but who keeps a sharp lookout and acts prudently all his life, often enjoys the pleasure of triumphing over men of more imagination than he.
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Life is very short, and it ought not to be spent crawling at the feet of miserable scoundrels.
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The boredom of married life inevitable destroys love, when love has preceded marriage.
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After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.
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I see but one rule: to be clear.
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A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.
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I love her beauty, but I fear her mind.
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A man who is half an idiot, but who keeps a sharp lookout and acts prudently all his life, often enjoys the pleasure of triumphing over men of more imagination than he.
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The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.
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I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.
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I have a bad memory for facts.
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One of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.
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Napoleon was indeed the man sent by God to help the youth of France! Who is to take his place?
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In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future.
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The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
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Love is a well from which we can drink only as much as we have put in, and the stars that shine from it are only our eyes looking in.
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