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She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice?

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Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.
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Art Escape Logic Science
After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.
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Alcohol Bottle Champagne Moral Physical Poison
Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.
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Happiness Love Power Source
The English are, I think the most obtuse and barbarous people in the world
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Myself Nature People Thinking World
Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.
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Feminine Himself Terrible Weapon
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
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
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
When you want to court a woman, court her sister first
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Court Herself Sister Woman Yourself
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
All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.
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Clever Fear Foundation Religion Smart
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
Every true passion thinks only of itself.
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Passion Thinking True
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
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
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Ability History Invention Qualification
Wounded pride can take a rich young man far who is surrounded by flatterers since birth.
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Birth Man Pride Rich Surround Wound Young

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