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It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts.

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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
Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us.
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Life Ourselves Perspective Wrong
I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.
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Crumble Myself Rule See World
After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.
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Alcohol Bottle Champagne Moral Physical Poison
Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.
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Art Escape Logic Science
When intimacy followed love in Italy there were no longer any vain pretensions between two lovers.
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Act Follow Intimate Love
A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
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Appointment Happiness Wisdom Woman
A good book is an event in my life.
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Book Goodness Life
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
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Description Happiness Spoil
I have a bad memory for facts.
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Bad Fact Memories Myself
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
It is difficult to escape from the prevailing disease of one’s generation.
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Difficult Escape Generation Sick
The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.
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Fear Love Ourselves Proportion
I do not feel I have wisdom enough yet to love what is ugly.
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Enough Feeling Love Myself Ugly Wisdom
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
I love her beauty, but I fear her mind.
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Beautiful Fear Herself Love Mindset
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
There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.
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Beautiful Happiness Style Vision
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
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
Love is like fever; it comes and goes without the will having any part of the process.
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Fever Love Process Willing
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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Drink Eyes Love Ourselves Shine Stardom
Spring appears and we are once more children.
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Appearance Children Ourselves Spring
I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction,” said Mathilde. “It is the only thing which cannot be bought.
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Bought Death Reality Thinking
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
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
On a cold winter morning a cigar fortifies the soul.
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Hard Soul Winter

It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts.

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