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Signs cannot be represented, in a spy’s report, so damningly as words.

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The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.
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Alone Art Genius Himself Man Water
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
I call “crystallization” that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events.
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Action Crystal Discover Event Mindset
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
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
On a cold winter morning a cigar fortifies the soul.
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Hard Soul Winter
War was then no longer this noble and unified outburst of souls in love with glory that he had imagined from Napoleon’s proclamations.
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Glory Himself Imagination Noble War
Women prefer emotions to reasoning.
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Emotion Preference Reason Woman
Who knows whether it is not true that phosphorus and mind are not the same thing?
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Different Known Mindset True
Indeed, man has two different beings inside him. What devil thought of that malicious touch?
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Devil Different Man Touch
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
A novel is a mirror which passes over a highway. Sometimes it reflects to your eyes the blue of the skies, at others the churned-up mud of the road.
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Eyes Highway Mirror Novel Reflection Road
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
Our true passions are selfish.
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One Liner Ourselves Passion Selfish
The only unhappiness is a life of boredom.
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Boredom Happiness Life

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