If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured.

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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...

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.

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness

The more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.

The more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

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

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

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...

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

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...

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.

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both...

If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both...

Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should say the...

Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should say the...

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

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...

There is one thing I would break up over and that is if she caught...

There is one thing I would break up over and that is if she caught...

Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to be as mediocre as possible.

Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to be as mediocre as possible.