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Benevolence rejuvenates the heart, exercise, the memory, and remembrance, life.
A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
A woman would be in despair if nature had formed her as fashion makes her appear.
A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
In love, great pleasures come very near great sorrows.
A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
To love is to make a compact with sorrow.
A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
Calumny spreads like an oil-spot: we endeavor to cleanse it, but the mark remains.
A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
It is the merit of those who praise that makes the value of the commendation.
A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
In a tête-à-tête we are never more interrupted than when we say nothing.
A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)
To envy anybody is to confess ourselves his inferior.
A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)