The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.

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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,...

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

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...

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...

Beauty is the promise of happiness

Beauty is the promise of happiness

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.

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 more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.

The more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.

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

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

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...

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

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 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...