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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 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.