A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.

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Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his...

The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his...

This is the curse of our age, even the strangest aberrations are no cure for...

This is the curse of our age, even the strangest aberrations are no cure for...

Far less envy in America than in France, and far less wit.

Far less envy in America than in France, and far less wit.

To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something...

To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something...

She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a...

She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a...

The more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.

The more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are...

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are...

It is the nobility of their style which will make our writers of 1840 unreadable...

It is the nobility of their style which will make our writers of 1840 unreadable...

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.

Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.

Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.

The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.

The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.

I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or...

I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or...

People happy in love have an air of intensity.

People happy in love have an air of intensity.

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the...

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the...

God's only excuse is that he does not exist.

God's only excuse is that he does not exist.

Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.

Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.

The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all...

The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all...

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.