Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

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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 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...

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...

What is really beautiful must always be true.

What is really beautiful must always be true.

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.

People happy in love have an air of intensity.

People happy in love have an air of intensity.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Our true passions are selfish.

Our true passions are selfish.

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

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

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

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...

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

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

This is the curse of our age, that even the strangest aberrations are no cure...

This is the curse of our age, that even the strangest aberrations are no cure...

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.

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

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...

God's only excuse is that he does not exist.

God's only excuse is that he does not exist.

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

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