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One-half, the finest half, of life is hidden from the man who does not love with passion.

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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
A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader’s soul.
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Novel Production Reading Soul Sound Violin
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
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Carry Main Mirror Novel Road
Sometimes the impact of Mozart’s music is so immediate that the vision in the mind remains blurred and incomplete, while the soul seems to be directly invaded, drenched in wave upon wave of melancholy.
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Blurry Direct Impact Mindset Music Sadness Time Vision
Friendship has its illusions no less than love.
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Friendship Illusion Love
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
On a cold winter morning a cigar fortifies the soul.
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Hard Soul Winter
To describe happiness is to diminish it.
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Description Diminish Happiness
Indeed, man has two different beings inside him. What devil thought of that malicious touch?
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Devil Different Man Touch
If you want to be witty, work on your character and say what you think on every occasion.
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Character Occasion Thinking Work Yourself
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
War was then no longer this noble and unified outburst of souls in love with glory that he had imagined from Napoleon’s proclamations.
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Glory Himself Imagination Noble War
When you want to court a woman, court her sister first
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Court Herself Sister Woman Yourself
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
This religion takes away the courage of thinking of unusual things and prohibits self-examination above all as the most egregious of sins. It is one step away from protestantism.
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Courage Examination Myself Religion Sin Thinking
To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.
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Face Himself Love Pity Respect Sight

One-half, the finest half, of life is hidden from the man who does not love with passion.

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