Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.

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Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

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...

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

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...

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...

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

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...

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears

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

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

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.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

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...

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should say the...

Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should say the...

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 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 Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.

The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.