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The world either breaks or hardens the heart. - [Society] There is as much expression in the feet as in the hands. - [Feet] There is no history worthy of attention but that of a free people; the history of a people subjected to despotism is only a collection of anecdotes. - [History] There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed. - [Trifles] Though we best know and cannot deny our imperfections, it is not for us to lose our self-reliance and true manhood. - [Self-reliance] To possess a good cognomen is a long way on the road of success in life. - [Names] Too elevated qualities often unfit a man for society. We do not go to market with ingots, but with silver and small change. - [Society] Tragedy has the great moral defect of giving too much importance to life and death. - [Tragedy] We gild our medicines with sweets; why not clothe truth and morals in peasant garments as well? - [Novels] We justly consider women to be weaker than ourselves, and yet we are governed by them. - [Weakness] We take our colors, chameleon-like, from each other. - [Society] Where violence reigns, reason is weak. - [Controversy] Woman's weakness, not man's merit, oftenest gains the suitor's victory. - [Weakness] Women bestow on friendship only what they borrow from love. - [Friendship] Women of the world crave excitement. - [Excitement] Women see faults much more readily in each other than they can discover perfections. - [Rivalry] Women, like men, may be persuaded to confess their faults; but their follies, never.-Alfred de Musset. There are well-dressed follies, as there are well-clothed fools. - [Folly] Wrinkles and ill-nature together made a woman hideous. - [Ugliness] Displaying page 3 of 3 for this author: << Prev 1 2 [3]
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