By recollecting the pleasures I have had formerly, I renew them, I enjoy them a second time, while I laugh at the remembrance of troubles now past, and which I no longer feel.

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In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty...

In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty...

I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of...

I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of...

Thence, I suppose, my natural disposition to make fresh acquaintances, and to break with them...

Thence, I suppose, my natural disposition to make fresh acquaintances, and to break with them...

I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as...

I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as...

Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it...

Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it...

I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought...

I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought...

Should I perchance still feel after my death, I would no longer have any doubt,...

Should I perchance still feel after my death, I would no longer have any doubt,...

I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their...

I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their...

I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my...

I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my...

Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do...

Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do...

Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do...

Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do...

Marriage is the tomb of love

Marriage is the tomb of love

For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would...

For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would...

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.

Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it...

Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it...

You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without...

You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without...

The history of my life must begin by the earliest circumstance which my memory can...

The history of my life must begin by the earliest circumstance which my memory can...

Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.

Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

There is a history in all men's lives.

There is a history in all men's lives.