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Marquis de Vauvenargues

Marquis de Vauvenargues

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Clarity is the varnish of masters.

Marquis de Vauvenargues

Marquis de Vauvenargues

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It is not true that one has made a fortune when they do not know how to enjoy it.

Marquis de Vauvenargues

Marquis de Vauvenargues

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Passion stronger than friendship is hatred.

Marquis de Vauvenargues

Marquis de Vauvenargues

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Solitude is to the spirit what diet is to the body.

Marquis de Vauvenargues

Marquis de Vauvenargues

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The infallible sign of a bad reign is the excess of praises directed at the monarch.

Marquis de Vauvenargues

Marquis de Vauvenargues

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He who knows how to endure everything can dare anything.

Marquis de Vauvenargues

Marquis de Vauvenargues

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To achieve great things, we must live as if we were never going to die.

George C. Marshall

George C. Marshall

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The only way to win a war is to avoid it.

Adolfo Marsillach

Adolfo Marsillach

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Ultimately, immorality is a matter of aesthetics, because beautiful nudes are extremely decent and ugly ones are immoral.

Adolfo Marsillach

Adolfo Marsillach

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I believe that in politics, I can already distinguish between the sins of men and the purity of ideas.

Marcel Mart

Marcel Mart

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The best source of information is people who have promised not to tell it to others.

José Martí

José Martí

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Gratitude, like certain flowers, does not thrive in high places and flourishes best in the fertile soil of the humble.