Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

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

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

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

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...

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.

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...

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

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.

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

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

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order...

If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order...

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which,...

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which,...

When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is...

When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is...