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When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.

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Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.

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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.

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It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants.

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Finance, like time, devours its own children.

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All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

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We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

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There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.

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Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which they weary themselves.

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Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Novelist

Born: May 20th, 1799

Died: August 18th, 1850

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