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To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.

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It is better to have a prosaic husband and to take a romantic lover.
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Better Choice Husband Lover Romantic
Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.
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Feminine Himself Terrible Weapon
I see but one rule: to be clear.
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Clear Rule See
It is with blows dealt by public contempt that a husband kills his wife in the nineteenth century; it is by shutting the doors ofall the drawing-rooms in her face.
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Draw Face Husband Kill Public Room Wife
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
Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.
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Happiness Love Power Source
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
Every great action is extreme when it is undertaken. Only after it has been accomplished does it seem possible to those creatures of more common stuff.
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Accomplishment Creature Extreme Greatness Possible
When you want to court a woman, court her sister first
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Court Herself Sister Woman Yourself
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
The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.
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Distance Imitation Time
Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore.
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Ignorance Impossible Literature Politics Vulgar Work
To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.
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Face Himself Love Pity Respect Sight
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
When a man leaves his mistress, he runs the risk of being betrayed two or three times daily.
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Betrayal Leaving Man Risk Time
Beauty is nothing but a promise of happiness.
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Beautiful Happiness Promise

To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.

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