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

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

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Faith, I am no such fool; everyone for himself in this desert of selfishness which is called life.

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What is the use of a love that makes one yawn? One might as well take to religion.

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There's one convenience about absolute power, that it sanctifies everything in the eyes of the people.

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

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After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.

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

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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.

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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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