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The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.

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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
It is difficult to escape from the prevailing disease of one’s generation.
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Difficult Escape Generation Sick
People happy in love have an air of intensity.
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Happiness Intensity Love People
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
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Himself Interest Opinion Persuade Shepherd Try
To describe happiness is to diminish it.
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Description Diminish Happiness
A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader’s soul.
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Novel Production Reading Soul Sound Violin
In matters of sentiment, the public has very crude ideas; and the most shocking fault of women is that they make the public the supreme judge of their lives.
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Emotion Ideas Judgement Life Mistake Public Shock
Love is like a fever which comes and goes quite independently of the will. There are no age limits for love.
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Age Independent Love Quite Willing
God’s only excuse is that he does not exist.
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Excuse Existence God Himself
Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.
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Emotion Search Woman
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
Beauty is nothing but a promise of happiness.
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Beautiful Happiness Promise
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
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
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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End Feeling Fools Grief Life Myself Success
Signs cannot be represented, in a spy’s report, so damningly as words.
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Report Representation Word

The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.

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