The most carefully brought up people are the first to feel the need for solitude, because they are those who put themselves out most for others.
Original text (French)
Original text (French)
Calumny is like base coin: many people who would not utter it, circulate it without scruple.
To make a good enemy, take a friend: he knows where to strike.
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When, musing on companions gone,
We doubly feel ourselves alone.
I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
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