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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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I used to think of deathlike I suppose soldiers think of it: it was a possible thing that I could well avoid by my skill.
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Avoid Death Possible Skill Soldier Thinking
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
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
The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.
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Distance Imitation Time
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
Great ladies are no more spiteful than the average rich woman; but one acquires in their society a greater susceptibility, and feels more profoundly andmore irremediably, their unpleasant remarks.
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Average Feeling Greatness Lady Remark Rich Society Woman
True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things.
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Comparison Death Love Pay Standard Thinking True
Spring appears and we are once more children.
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Appearance Children Ourselves Spring
Friendship has its illusions no less than love.
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Friendship Illusion Love
One of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.
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Drag Genius Mindset Thinking Vulgar
Far less envy in America than in France.
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Feeling Jealous Place
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
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
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
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Carry Main Mirror Novel Road
Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.
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Happiness Love Power Source
There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.
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Beautiful Happiness Style Vision

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