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A beautiful verse, an apt remark, or a well-turned phrase, appropriately quoted, is always effective and charming. - [Quotations] Come, come, it's only the passions that make you think. - to Horace Walpole [Passion : Thinking] Heed the still, small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly. - [Conscience] How happy one would be if one could throw off one's self as one throws off others! - [Self-denial] Impromptu thoughts are mental wild-flowers. - [Thought] Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary: one either progresses or retrogrades. - [Improvement] The heart gnawing on itself. - [Hate] What more would you have? He has invented history. [Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.] - said of Voltaire, who was accused by critics of lack of invention [History] Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses. - [Weakness : Women] The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that costs. [Fr., La distance n'y fait rien; il n'y a que le premier pas qui coute.] - Letter to d'Alembert [Beginnings]
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