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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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At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.
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Authority Distance Sight Subject
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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Beautiful Light Love Sight Speed
Love is like a fever which comes and goes quite independently of the will. There are no age limits for love.
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Age Independent Love Quite Willing
Every great action is extreme when it is undertaken. Only after it has been accomplished does it seem possible to those creatures of more common stuff.
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Accomplishment Creature Extreme Greatness Possible
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
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
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Ability History Invention Qualification
Life is very short, and it ought not to be spent crawling at the feet of miserable scoundrels.
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Life Misery Short Time
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
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 degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.
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Born Degree Hope Love Small
I have a bad memory for facts.
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Bad Fact Memories Myself
Why not make an end of it all? My life is a succession of griefs and bitter feelings. What is death? A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.
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End Feeling Fools Grief Life Myself Success
A good book is an event in my life.
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Book Goodness Life
A woman of generous character will sacrifice her life a thousand times over for her lover, but will break with him for ever over a question of pride.
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Break Character Generosity Life Pride Question Sacrifice Woman
Far less envy in America than in France.
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Feeling Jealous Place
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

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