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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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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 pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.
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Fear Love Ourselves Proportion
Only great minds can afford a simple style.
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Afford Greatness Lifestyle Mindset Simplicity
Great ladies are no more spiteful than the average rich woman; but one acquires in their society a greater susceptibility, and feels more profoundly andmore irremediably, their unpleasant remarks.
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Average Feeling Greatness Lady Remark Rich Society Woman
One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
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Acquire Character Oneself Solitude
It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts.
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Coward Enlightenment Heart Ourselves Reading
It is better to have a prosaic husband and to take a romantic lover.
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Better Choice Husband Lover Romantic
Perhaps men who cannot love passionately are those who feel the effect of beauty most keenly; at any rate this is the strongest impression women can make on them.
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Feeling Impression Love Man Passion Woman
Your career will be a painful one. I divine something in you which offends the vulgar.
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Career Divine Offend Pain Vulgur
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
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Himself Interest Opinion Persuade Shepherd Try
But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure.
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Happiness Myself Pleasure Time
When you want to court a woman, court her sister first
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Court Herself Sister Woman Yourself
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
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
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Carry Main Mirror Novel Road
The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.
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Government Habit Music Passion Race Reason
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
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Description Happiness Spoil

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