When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.

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A husband and wife who have separate bedrooms have either drifted apart or found happiness.

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Behind every fortune there is a crime.

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Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another's happiness than in your own.

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How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!

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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 is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

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

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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

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All human power is a compound of time and patience.

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