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

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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...

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...

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing 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...

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...

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...

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...

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

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 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.

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.

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.

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...

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

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...

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

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

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

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

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

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...