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A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.

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In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future.
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Better Collection Future Hope Lost Love Passion Yourself
I used to think of deathlike I suppose soldiers think of it: it was a possible thing that I could well avoid by my skill.
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Avoid Death Possible Skill Soldier Thinking
Far less envy in America than in France.
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Feeling Jealous Place
This religion takes away the courage of thinking of unusual things and prohibits self-examination above all as the most egregious of sins. It is one step away from protestantism.
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Courage Examination Myself Religion Sin Thinking
The tyranny of public opinion (and what an opinion!) is as fatuous in the small towns of France as it is in the United States of America.
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Opinion Public Small Unity
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
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
I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase.
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Moments Music Phrase Thinking Woman
Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.
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Emotion Search Woman
I love her beauty, but I fear her mind.
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Beautiful Fear Herself Love Mindset
A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth.
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Herself Love Man Woman Youth
The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.
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Distance Imitation Time
Indeed, man has two different beings inside him. What devil thought of that malicious touch?
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Devil Different Man Touch
The sight of anything extremely beautiful, in nature or in art, brings back the memory of what one loves, with the speed of lightning.
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Beautiful Light Love Sight Speed
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
In our calling, we have to choose; we must make our fortune either in this world or in the next, there is no middle way.
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Call Choice Fortune Way World

A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.

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