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He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

Nature hates calculators.

Nature hates calculators.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

A little integrity is better than any career

A little integrity is better than any career

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since...

The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since...

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

Congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of...

Congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of...

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

We are wiser than we know.

We are wiser than we know.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night...

I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night...

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them

Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them