The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse - as a luxury befitting a young man.

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One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

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

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

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

I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or...

I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or...

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the...

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the...

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

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

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

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...

People happy in love have an air of intensity.

People happy in love have an air of intensity.

People who have been made to suffer by certain things cannot be reminded of them...

People who have been made to suffer by certain things cannot be reminded of them...

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...

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...

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.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

How rare and wonderful is that flash of a moment when we realize we have...

How rare and wonderful is that flash of a moment when we realize we have...

It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.

It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.