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There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest ...more

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I do as I please, Monsieur Beauchamp, and believe me, what I do is always well done.

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To save a man and thereby to spare a father's agony and a mother's feelings is not to do a noble deed, it is but an act of humanity.

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All human wisdom is contained in these two words: 'wait' and 'hope'".

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Perhaps what I am about to say will appear strange to you gentlemen, socialists, progressives, humanitarians as you are, but I never worry about my ne...more

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The voice of human nature is nothing but one prolonged cry.

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Love is the most selfish of all the passions.