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I cannot think that man is meant to find happiness so easily! Happiness is like one of those palaces on an enchanted island, its gates guarded by drag...more

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Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works.

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True love always makes a man better, no matter what woman inspires it.

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My friend, let us enjoy the present and give no thought to the evils of the future.

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Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance.

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Enough,' said Mercedes, 'enough Edmond! Believe me that she who alone recognized you has been the only one to comprehend you. And had she crossed your...more

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Look, look,' cried the count, seizing the young man's hands - "look, for on my soul it is curious. Here is a man who had resigned himself to his fate,...more

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For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks...more

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God, who might have directed the assassin's dagger so as to end your career in a moment, has given you this quarter of an hour for repentance. Reflect...more

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we said we would be to each other as two voices, who shadows.

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God may seem sometimes to forget for a while, whilst his justice reposes, but there always comes a moment when he remembers.

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Woman is sacred the woman one loves is holy.

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God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.

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Love is the most selfish of all the passions.

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We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.