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| If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye. |
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| In a husband there is only a man; in a married woman there is a man, a father, and mother, and a woman |
| Family |
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| In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls |
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| Inspiration in matters of taste will not come twice |
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| It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music. |
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| It is as easy to dream a book as it is hard to write one. |
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| It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to produce the occasional bon mot |
| Husbands; Lovers |
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| It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time. |
| Husbands; Marriage |
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| It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action. |
| Action |
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| It is not enough to be an upright man, we must be seen to be one; society does not exist on moral ideas only |
| Ideas; Society |
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| Journalism is a giant catapult set in motion by pygmy hatreds. |
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| Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught. |
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| Life cannot go on without much forgetting. |
| Life |
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| Love is the poetry of the senses. |
| Love |
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| Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with mischief |
| Love |
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| Man is neither good nor bad; he is born with instincts and abilities. |
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| Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity. |
| Marriage |
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| Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance. |
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