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View AuthorExcessively beautiful women are less surprising on the second day.
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View AuthorI honor with the name of virtue the habit of carrying out painful and useful actions for others.
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View AuthorNo one can in their life escape from a deplorable crisis of enthusiasm.
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View AuthorTo know man, it is enough to study oneself; to know men, one needs to live among them.
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View AuthorWhat makes the pain of jealousy so acute is that vanity cannot help to endure it.
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View AuthorEverything can be acquired in society, except for character.
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View AuthorThe religions are founded on the fear of many and the liveliness of a few.
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View AuthorShyness has the disadvantage of habituating to lie.
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View AuthorThe unclear man cannot delude himself: either he deceives himself or he tries to deceive others.
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View AuthorTo desire is to have the courage to expose oneself to an inconvenience; to expose oneself in this way is to tempt fate and to play.
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View AuthorIt is essential, for others to bear us willingly, to participate to some extent in their passions.
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View AuthorThere are no more legitimate unions than those governed by a true passion.