I am mad, I am going under, I must follow the advice of a friend, and pay no heed to myself.

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Old age is nothing but the absence of madness, the loss of illusion and passion.

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Want of exercise was beginning to affect his health and to give him the weak and excitable character of a young German student.

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

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I cannot provide the reality of events, I can only convey their shadow.

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The boredom of married life inevitable destroys love, when love has preceded marriage.

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There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.

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I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction," said Mathilde. "It is the only thing which cannot be bought.

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Love is a beautiful flower, but we must be brave enough to pick her up from the edge of a precipice.

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There is nothing so beautiful, lovable and moving as the English countryside.

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