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But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure.

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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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Alone Art Genius Himself Man Water
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
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Ability History Invention Qualification
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
I call “crystallization” that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events.
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Action Crystal Discover Event Mindset
One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
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Acquire Character Oneself Solitude
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
I have a bad memory for facts.
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Bad Fact Memories Myself
Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.
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Kind Vice Worst
One-half, the finest half, of life is hidden from the man who does not love with passion.
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Fine Hide Love Man Passion
There is no such thing as “natural law”: this expression is nothing but old nonsense… Prior to laws, what is natural is only the strength of the lion, or the need of the creature suffering from hunger or cold, in short, need.
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Cold Hungry Law Natural Need Strength Suffering
Man is not free to refuse to do the thing which gives him more pleasure than any other conceivable action.
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Action Freedom Man Pleasure Refusal
Far less envy in America than in France.
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Feeling Jealous Place
Spring appears and we are once more children.
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Appearance Children Ourselves Spring
I do not feel I have wisdom enough yet to love what is ugly.
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Enough Feeling Love Myself Ugly Wisdom
True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things.
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Comparison Death Love Pay Standard Thinking True
At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.
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Authority Distance Sight Subject

But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure.

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