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Politics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert.

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People happy in love have an air of intensity.
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Happiness Intensity Love People
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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Enjoyment Himself Idiot Imagination Life Man Sharp
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
A novel is a mirror which passes over a highway. Sometimes it reflects to your eyes the blue of the skies, at others the churned-up mud of the road.
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Eyes Highway Mirror Novel Reflection Road
After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.
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Alcohol Bottle Champagne Moral Physical Poison
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
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
Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.
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Feminine Himself Terrible Weapon
When you want to court a woman, court her sister first
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Court Herself Sister Woman Yourself
Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.
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Life Regain Short Wasted Time
A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.
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Concern Fools Small Thinking
It is difficult to escape from the prevailing disease of one’s generation.
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Difficult Escape Generation Sick
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 more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.
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Obedience Oneself Please
Only great minds can afford a simple style.
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Afford Greatness Lifestyle Mindset Simplicity
Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.
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Happiness Love Power Source

Politics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert.

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