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The sight of anything extremely beautiful, in nature or in art, brings back the memory of what one loves, with the speed of lightning.

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When you want to court a woman, court her sister first
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Court Herself Sister Woman Yourself
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
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Close Himself Life Prison Thinking Worst
This is the curse of our age, even the strangest aberrations are no cure for boredom.
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Age Boredom Cure Curse Strange
A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
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Appointment Happiness Wisdom Woman
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
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
Every true passion thinks only of itself.
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Passion Thinking True
I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase.
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Moments Music Phrase Thinking Woman
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
A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.
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Born Degree Hope Love Small
Spring appears and we are once more children.
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Appearance Children Ourselves Spring
The difference breeds hatred.
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Breed Difference Hate One Liner
Now that the steam engine rules the world, a title is an absurdity, still I am all dressed up in this title. It will crush me if Ido not support it. The title attracts attention to myself.
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Attention Attraction Engine Myself Rule Steam Support Weird World
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
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Description Happiness Spoil
Beauty is nothing but a promise of happiness.
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Beautiful Happiness Promise
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

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