A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth.

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One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

What is really beautiful must always be true.

What is really beautiful must always be true.

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...

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

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...

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

Our true passions are selfish.

Our true passions are selfish.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

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.

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.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

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.

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

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