Behind every fortune there is a crime.

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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

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He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.

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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.

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The more one judges, the less one loves.

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Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance

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If we all said to people's faces what we say behind one another's backs, society would be impossible.

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There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.

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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual. Misfortune is a stepping stone for a genius, a piscina for a Christian, a treasure for a man of parts, and an abyss for a weakling.

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If you are to judge a man, you must know his secret thoughts, sorrows, and feelings; to know merely the outward events of a man's life would only serve to make a chronological table-a fool's notion of history.

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