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Faith, I am no such fool; everyone for himself in this desert of selfishness which is called life.

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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 see but one rule: to be clear.
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The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse – as a luxury befitting a young man.
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This is the curse of our age, even the strangest aberrations are no cure for boredom.
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I call “crystallization” that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events.
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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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The idea which tyrants find most useful is the idea of God.
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It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts.
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Why not make an end of it all? My life is a succession of griefs and bitter feelings. What is death? A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.
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Signs cannot be represented, in a spy’s report, so damningly as words.
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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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If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured.
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Assurance Court Forever Man Pay Power Ruin Thinking
I am mad, I am going under, I must follow the advice of a friend, and pay no heed to myself.
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Only great minds can afford a simple style.
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Women prefer emotions to reasoning.
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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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Faith, I am no such fool; everyone for himself in this desert of selfishness which is called life.

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