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

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

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

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...

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

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 great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman,...

The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman,...

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

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...

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

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...

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.

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

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

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

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

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

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears

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.

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...

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

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

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