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Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.

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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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End Feeling Fools Grief Life Myself Success
The sight of anything extremely beautiful, in nature or in art, brings back the memory of what one loves, with the speed of lightning.
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Beautiful Light Love Sight Speed
To describe happiness is to diminish it.
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Description Diminish Happiness
I see but one rule: to be clear.
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Clear Rule See
The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.
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Distance Imitation Time
Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.
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Art Escape Logic Science
Your career will be a painful one. I divine something in you which offends the vulgar.
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Career Divine Offend Pain Vulgur
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
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
On a cold winter morning a cigar fortifies the soul.
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Hard Soul Winter
A novel is a mirror which passes over a highway. Sometimes it reflects to your eyes the blue of the skies, at others the churned-up mud of the road.
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Eyes Highway Mirror Novel Reflection Road
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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Advice Friendship Mad Myself Pay
People happy in love have an air of intensity.
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Happiness Intensity Love People
Only great minds can afford a simple style.
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Afford Greatness Lifestyle Mindset Simplicity
But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure.
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Happiness Myself Pleasure Time
A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.
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Born Degree Hope Love Small

Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.

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