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> [“It strikes me you might place your gifts better. Why should you send powder to a ruffian who will use it to commit crimes? But for the deplorable weakness every one here seems to have for the bandits, they would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prosper-m-rim-e/it-strikes-me-you-might-place-your-gifts-better-why-should-you-send/)

[Prosper Mérimée](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prosper-m-rim-e/)

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## More by Prosper Mérimée

> [“Carmen will always be free.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prosper-m-rim-e/carmen-will-always-be-free/)

[Prosper Mérimée](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prosper-m-rim-e/)

> [“I'll follow you, even to death—but I won't live with you any more.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prosper-m-rim-e/i-ll-follow-you-even-to-death-but-i-won-t-live-with-you-any-more/)

[Prosper Mérimée](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prosper-m-rim-e/)

> [“Between closed lips no fly can pass.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prosper-m-rim-e/between-closed-lips-no-fly-can-pass/)

[Prosper Mérimée](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prosper-m-rim-e/)

> [“It strikes me you might place your gifts better. Why should you send powder to a ruffian who will use it to commit crimes?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prosper-m-rim-e/it-strikes-me-you-might-place-your-gifts-better-why-should-you-send/)

[Prosper Mérimée](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prosper-m-rim-e/)

> [“She lied, sir. She has always lied. I don't think she ever spoke a word of truth. But when she spoke, I believed her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prosper-m-rim-e/she-lied-sir-she-has-always-lied-i-don-t-think-she-ever-spoke-a-word/)

[Prosper Mérimée](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prosper-m-rim-e/)

> [“She had a strange, wild beauty, a face that was disconcerting at first, but unforgettable. Her eyes in particular had an expression, at once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prosper-m-rim-e/she-had-a-strange-wild-beauty-a-face-that-was-disconcerting-at-first/)

[Prosper Mérimée](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prosper-m-rim-e/)

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