"It is so easy to convince others; it is so difficult to convince oneself."
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"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful."
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"Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing."
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"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all."
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"Ones real life is often the life that one does not lead."
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"As for omens, there is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that."
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"Pleasures may turn a heart to stone, riches may make it callous, but sorrows cannot break it. Hearts live by being wounded."
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"Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman. When one is in love one always begins by deceiving oneself, and one always ends by deceiving others. This is what the world calls a romance."
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"To believe is very dull. To doubt is intensely engrossing. To be on the alert is to live, to be lulled into security is to die."
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"It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned."
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"Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets."
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"There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love."
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"Of course I have played outdoor games. I once played dominoes in an open air cafe in Paris."
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"Newspapers. . . give us the bald, sordid, disgusting facts of life. They chronicle, with degrading avidity, the sins of the second-rate, and with the conscientiousness of the illiterate give us accurate and prosaic details. . ."
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"I beg your pardon I didn't recognise you - I've changed a lot."
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"Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities."
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"Be moderate in all things, including moderation."
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"Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed."
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"The aim of love is to love. No more, no less."
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"The proper basis for marriage is a mutual misunderstanding."
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