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A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader’s soul.

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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 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
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
Beauty is nothing but a promise of happiness.
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Beautiful Happiness Promise
Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.
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Fashion Hide
Who knows whether it is not true that phosphorus and mind are not the same thing?
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Different Known Mindset True
The first virtue of a young man today – that is, for the next fifty years perhaps, as long as we live in fear, and religion has regained its powers – is to be incapable of enthusiasm and not to have much in the way of brains.
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Brain Fear Live Man Power Regain Religion Virtue Way Young
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
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Carry Main Mirror Novel Road
God’s only excuse is that he does not exist.
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Excuse Existence God Himself
On a cold winter morning a cigar fortifies the soul.
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Hard Soul Winter
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
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Ability History Invention Qualification
Only great minds can afford a simple style.
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Afford Greatness Lifestyle Mindset Simplicity
I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.
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Crumble Myself Rule See World
Politics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert.
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Concert Imagination Politics
The boredom of married life inevitable destroys love, when love has preceded marriage.
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Boredom Destroy Herself Marriage Youth
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

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