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

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Even a very small degree of hope is enough to cause the birth of love.

Even a very small degree of hope is enough to cause the birth of love.

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...

People happy in love have an air of intensity.

People happy in love have an air of intensity.

Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should say the...

Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should say the...

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...

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...

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion

The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the...

The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the...

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.

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

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

What is really beautiful must always be true.

What is really beautiful must always be true.

Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a...

Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a...

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

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

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

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.

People who have been made to suffer by certain things cannot be reminded of them...

People who have been made to suffer by certain things cannot be reminded of them...

If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is...

If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is...