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One of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.

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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
I do not feel I have wisdom enough yet to love what is ugly.
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Enough Feeling Love Myself Ugly Wisdom
Only great minds can afford a simple style.
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Afford Greatness Lifestyle Mindset Simplicity
A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.
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Born Degree Hope Love Small
On a cold winter morning a cigar fortifies the soul.
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Hard Soul Winter
One of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.
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Drag Genius Mindset Thinking Vulgar
It is better to have a prosaic husband and to take a romantic lover.
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Better Choice Husband Lover Romantic
I am mad, I am going under, I must follow the advice of a friend, and pay no heed to myself.
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Advice Friendship Mad Myself Pay
If you don’t love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.
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Love Matter Myself Ourselves
Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.
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Happiness Love Power Source
The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all events, the least musical race on Earth.
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Charm Earth Event Present
When intimacy followed love in Italy there were no longer any vain pretensions between two lovers.
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Act Follow Intimate Love
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
But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure.
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Happiness Myself Pleasure Time
Friendship has its illusions no less than love.
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Friendship Illusion Love
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

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