The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

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

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

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

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

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

Beauty is the promise of happiness

Beauty is the promise of happiness

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 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 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...

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...

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.

What is really beautiful must always be true.

What is really beautiful must always be true.

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

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

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...

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.

Our true passions are selfish.

Our true passions are selfish.

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

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