Short quotes

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The art of love comes down to saying exactly what the level of intoxication of the moment requires.

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Love is like a fever: it arises and extinguishes without the will playing the smallest part in it.

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The jealous lover bears the illness of their beloved better than their freedom.

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Excessively beautiful women are less surprising on the second day.

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I honor with the name of virtue the habit of carrying out painful and useful actions for others.

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No one can in their life escape from a deplorable crisis of enthusiasm.

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To know man, it is enough to study oneself; to know men, one needs to live among them.

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What makes the pain of jealousy so acute is that vanity cannot help to endure it.

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Everything can be acquired in society, except for character.

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The religions are founded on the fear of many and the liveliness of a few.

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Shyness has the disadvantage of habituating to lie.