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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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One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
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Acquire Character Oneself Solitude
Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.
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Art Escape Logic Science
To seem sorrowful is not in good taste: You’re supposed to seem bored.
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Bored Goodness Sorrow Taste
A good book is an event in my life.
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Book Goodness Life
Indeed, man has two different beings inside him. What devil thought of that malicious touch?
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Devil Different Man Touch
Because one has little fear of shocking vanity in Italy, people adopt an intimate tone very quickly and discuss personal things.
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Fear Personal Quick Shock Thing
A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.
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Born Degree Hope Love Small
I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction,” said Mathilde. “It is the only thing which cannot be bought.
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Bought Death Reality Thinking
I see but one rule: to be clear.
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Clear Rule See
Man is not free to refuse to do the thing which gives him more pleasure than any other conceivable action.
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Action Freedom Man Pleasure Refusal
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
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Carry Main Mirror Novel Road
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
Beauty is nothing but a promise of happiness.
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Beautiful Happiness Promise
Sometimes the impact of Mozart’s music is so immediate that the vision in the mind remains blurred and incomplete, while the soul seems to be directly invaded, drenched in wave upon wave of melancholy.
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Blurry Direct Impact Mindset Music Sadness Time Vision
To describe happiness is to diminish it.
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Description Diminish Happiness
The idea which tyrants find most useful is the idea of God.
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God Ideas Religion

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