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• I see but one rule: to be clear.
• The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it…
• It is better to have a prosaic husband and to take a romantic lover.
• All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.
• The tyranny of public opinion (and what an opinion!) is as fatuous in the small towns of France as it is in…
• A woman of generous character will sacrifice her life a thousand times over for her lover, but will break with him for…
• Love is a well from which we can drink only as much as we have put in, and the stars that shine…
• A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.

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