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A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.
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The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.
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We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.
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All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.
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To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal.
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The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.
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The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.
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The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
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A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.
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At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.
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Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest man to do.
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One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
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The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.
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Love and friendship exclude each other.
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The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.
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Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.
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A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
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A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.
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We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.
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The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.
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