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View AuthorLove is a beautiful flower, but one must have the courage to go and pick it at the edge of a precipice.
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View AuthorFor a lover, there are no longer any friends.
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View AuthorVery often tears are the last smile of love.
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View AuthorTo go through life without love is like going to battle without music, like embarking on a journey without a book, like sailing the sea without a guiding star.
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View AuthorHaving a firm character is to have a long and solid experience of life's disappointments and misfortunes.
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View AuthorThe art of love comes down to saying exactly what the level of intoxication of the moment requires.
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View AuthorLove is like a fever: it arises and extinguishes without the will playing the smallest part in it.
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View AuthorThe jealous lover bears the illness of their beloved better than their freedom.
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View AuthorA child is a debtor given by nature.
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View AuthorJealousy can constitute a new way of proving love, but it can also offend the dignity of a perfectly delicate woman.
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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.