The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all events, the least musical race on Earth.

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

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

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 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...

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 more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the...

The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the...

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

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

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.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

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...

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

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

Beauty is the promise of happiness

Beauty is the promise of happiness

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...

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

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,...

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.

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

Power, after love, is the first source of 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.

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

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