Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

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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,...

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

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...

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.

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...

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

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...

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

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...

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

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

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

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...

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.

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

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

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the...

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the...

Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a...

Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a...

Beauty is the promise of happiness

Beauty is the promise of happiness

Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes....

Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes....

Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving...

Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving...