Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore.

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Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

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 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...

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,...

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...

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

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...

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

What is really beautiful must always be true.

What is really beautiful must always be true.

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.

Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.

Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.

A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth.

A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth.

People happy in love have an air of intensity.

People happy in love have an air of intensity.

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion

If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is...

If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is...

Beauty is the promise of happiness

Beauty is the promise of happiness

Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next...

Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next...

Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.