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There were sins whose fascination was more in the memory than in the doing of them, strange triumphs that gratified the pride more than the passions, ...more

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Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the sec...more

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Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They spoil every romance by trying to make it last...more

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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself,...more

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His sudden mad love for Sibyl Vane was a psychological phenomenon of no small interest. There was no doubt that curiosity had much to do with it, curi...more

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The Noblest form of Affection

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The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

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A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.

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If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want.

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You will always be loved, and you will always be in love with love. A grande passion is the privilege of people who have nothing to do.

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But somehow, I feel sure that if I lived in the country for six months, I should become so unsophisticated that no one would take the slightest notice...more

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The mimicry of passion is the most intolerable of all poses.

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Behind the perfection of a man's style, must lie the passion of a man's soul.