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I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase.
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Moments Music Phrase Thinking Woman
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
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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Charm Earth Event Present
War was then no longer this noble and unified outburst of souls in love with glory that he had imagined from Napoleon’s proclamations.
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Glory Himself Imagination Noble War
To describe happiness is to diminish it.
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Description Diminish Happiness
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
One-half, the finest half, of life is hidden from the man who does not love with passion.
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Fine Hide Love Man Passion
Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.
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Life Regain Short Wasted Time
Beauty is nothing but a promise of happiness.
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Beautiful Happiness Promise
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
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
Who knows whether it is not true that phosphorus and mind are not the same thing?
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Different Known Mindset True
Only great minds can afford a simple style.
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Afford Greatness Lifestyle Mindset Simplicity
I love her beauty, but I fear her mind.
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Beautiful Fear Herself Love Mindset
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
To seem sorrowful is not in good taste: You’re supposed to seem bored.
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Bored Goodness Sorrow Taste

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