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As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can ne...more

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... Odette seemed a fascinating and desirable woman, the attraction which her body held for him had aroused a painful longing to secure the absolute m...more

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She’s an absolute idiot!” she added with the wisdom invariably shown by people who, not being in love themselves, feel that a clever man should only b...more

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Just is not by other men of intelligence that an intelligent an is afraid of being thought a fool, so it is not by the great gentleman but by boors an...more

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The fault I find with our journalism is that it forces us to take an interest in some fresh triviality or other every day, whereas only three or four ...more

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I have built, deep in my heart, a chapel filled with you.

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... which would enable him to prolong for the time being, and to renew for one day more the disappointment, the torturing deception that must always c...more

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There can be no peace of mind in love since the advantage one has secured is never anything but a fresh starting-point for further desires.

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Now there is one thing I can tell you: you will enjoy certain pleasures you would not fathom now. When you still had your mother you often thought of ...more

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Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

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One says the things which one feels the need to say, and which the other will not understand: one speaks for oneself alone.

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Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us.

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With women who do not love us, as with the "dear departed," the knowledge that there is no hope left does not prevent us from continuing to wait.

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For, like desire, regret seeks not to be analysed but to be satisfied. When one begins to love, one spends one’s time, not in getting to know what one...more

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Jean's desires, like those of all men in love, were concentrated on the impossible.