"It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action."
"When she lives at his palace, the maiden niece of a bishop can pass for a respectable woman because, if she has a love affair, she is obliged to hoodwink her uncle."
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Source: 1831 La Recherche de l'absolu.
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