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Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore.
There's one convenience about absolute power, that it sanctifies everything in the eyes of the people.
What is the use of a love that makes one yawn? One might as well take to religion.
There is nothing so beautiful, lovable and moving as the English countryside.
I cannot provide the reality of events, I can only convey their shadow.
I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction," said Mathilde. "It is the only thing which cannot be bought.
There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.
The more one pleases generally, the less one pleases profoundly.
Faith, I am no such fool; everyone for himself in this desert of selfishness which is called life.
After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.