Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.

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Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

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...

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...

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

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

What is really beautiful must always be true.

What is really beautiful must always be true.

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

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

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.

If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both...

If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both...

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

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

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

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

A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth.

A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

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.

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...

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

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

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man.

Love is born with the pleasure of looking at each other, it is fed with...

Love is born with the pleasure of looking at each other, it is fed with...

All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat;...

All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat;...