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| A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas any more than he is a good general because he has plenty of soldiers |
| Mankind |
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| A person of intellect without energy added to it, is a failure. |
| Uncategorized |
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| A woman is like your shadow - follow her, she flies; fly from her, she follows |
| Men and Women |
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| All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate |
| Passion |
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| All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little I still know, I've guessed. |
| Uncategorized |
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| An author is often obscure to the reader because they proceed from the thought to expression than like the reader from the expression to the thought. |
| Uncategorized |
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| At the sight of what goes on in the world, the most misanthropic of men must end by being amused, and Heraclitus must die laughing. |
| Uncategorized |
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| Chance is a nickname of Providence |
| Chance |
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| Change in fashion is the tax which the industry of the poor levies on the vanity of the rich |
| Fashion |
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| Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. |
| Action; Life |
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| Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem. |
| Uncategorized |
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| I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me. |
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| I would say of metaphysicians what Scaliger said of the Basques: they are said to understand each other, but I do not believe it |
| Uncategorized |
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| If a woman were about to proceed to her execution, she would demand a little time to perfect her toilet |
| Uncategorized |
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| In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which one cannot express an absurdity |
| Falsehood; Love; Truth |
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| It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful. |
| Uncategorized |
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| It is easier to make certain things legal than to make them legitimate |
| Uncategorized |
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| It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyze before we can be happy in this world |
| Happiness |
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| Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history |
| Love |
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| Love is the exchange of two fantasies and the contact of two skins. |
| Love |
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