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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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One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
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Acquire Character Oneself Solitude
She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice?
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Expectation Imitation Oneself
I do not feel I have wisdom enough yet to love what is ugly.
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Enough Feeling Love Myself Ugly Wisdom
Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.
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Feminine Himself Terrible Weapon
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
Friendship has its illusions no less than love.
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Friendship Illusion Love
Wounded pride can take a rich young man far who is surrounded by flatterers since birth.
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Birth Man Pride Rich Surround Wound Young
It is the nobility of their style which will make our writers of 1840 unreadable forty years from now.
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Noble Past Reading Style Time Writing
I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.
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Crumble Myself Rule See World
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
The more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.
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Obedience Oneself Please
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
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
A man who is half an idiot, but who keeps a sharp lookout and acts prudently all his life, often enjoys the pleasure of triumphing over men of more imagination than he.
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Enjoyment Himself Idiot Imagination Life Man Sharp
I call “crystallization” that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events.
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Action Crystal Discover Event Mindset
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

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