Only great minds can afford a simple style.

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

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

She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a...

She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a...

What is really beautiful must always be true.

What is really beautiful must always be true.

Beauty is the promise of happiness

Beauty is the promise of happiness

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...

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.

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.

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

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,...

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all...

The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all...

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

To describe happiness is to diminish 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.

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

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

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 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...

Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe

Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to...

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to...