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A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.

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True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things.
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Comparison Death Love Pay Standard Thinking True
I see but one rule: to be clear.
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Clear Rule See
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
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
I do not feel I have wisdom enough yet to love what is ugly.
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Enough Feeling Love Myself Ugly Wisdom
I love her beauty, but I fear her mind.
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Beautiful Fear Herself Love Mindset
Man is not free to refuse to do the thing which gives him more pleasure than any other conceivable action.
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Action Freedom Man Pleasure Refusal
Our true passions are selfish.
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One Liner Ourselves Passion Selfish
Napoleon was indeed the man sent by God to help the youth of France! Who is to take his place?
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God Help Man Place Youth
Beauty is nothing but a promise of happiness.
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Beautiful Happiness Promise
What is really beautiful must always be true.
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Beautiful True
A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
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Appointment Happiness Wisdom Woman
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
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
In matters of sentiment, the public has very crude ideas; and the most shocking fault of women is that they make the public the supreme judge of their lives.
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Emotion Ideas Judgement Life Mistake Public Shock
Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.
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Happiness Love Power Source

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.

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