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For the future, I shall rely only upon those elements of my character which I have tested. Who would ever have said that I should find pleasure in she...more

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Love born in the brain is more spirited, doubtless, than true love, but it has only flashes of enthusiasm; it knows itself too well, it criticizes its...more

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A melancholy air can never be the right thing; what you want is a bored air. If you are melancholy, it must be because you want something, there is so...more

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Mathilde made an effort to use the more intimate form; she was evidently more attentive to this unusual way of speaking than to what she was saying. T...more

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Julien felt himself to be strong and resolute like a man who sees clearly into his own heart.