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On a cold winter morning a cigar fortifies the soul.

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When intimacy followed love in Italy there were no longer any vain pretensions between two lovers.
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Act Follow Intimate Love
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
I do not feel I have wisdom enough yet to love what is ugly.
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Enough Feeling Love Myself Ugly Wisdom
Indeed, man has two different beings inside him. What devil thought of that malicious touch?
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Devil Different Man Touch
Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.
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Life Regain Short Wasted Time
People are less self-conscious in the intimacy of family life and during the anxiety of a great sorrow. The dazzling varnish of an extreme politeness is then less in evidence, and the true qualities of the heart regain their proper proportions.
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Anxiety Conscious Evidence Family Heart Intimacy Life People Polite Quality
Napoleon was indeed the man sent by God to help the youth of France! Who is to take his place?
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God Help Man Place Youth
A good book is an event in my life.
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Book Goodness Life
Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.
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Happiness Love Power Source
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 have a bad memory for facts.
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Bad Fact Memories Myself
Our true passions are selfish.
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One Liner Ourselves Passion Selfish
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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Alone Art Genius Himself Man Water
Friendship has its illusions no less than love.
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Friendship Illusion Love
To describe happiness is to diminish it.
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Description Diminish Happiness
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

On a cold winter morning a cigar fortifies the soul.

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