I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase.

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Our true passions are selfish.

Our true passions are selfish.

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

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

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.

The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

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.

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...

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

What is really beautiful must always be true.

What is really beautiful must always be true.

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,...

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...

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

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.

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...

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

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.

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...

Passion is the genesis of genius.

Passion is the genesis of genius.

You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play.

You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play.