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Salonnire Inspirational Quotes (698)

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Gold adulterates one thing only,--the human heart.
Margaret of Valois
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I am not a bibliophile but a humanophile: I look for rare human beings.
Natalie Clifford Barney
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He who has ceased to enjoy his friend's superiority has ceased to love him.
Sophie Swetchine
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The old woman I shall become will be quite different from the woman I am now. Another I is beginning.
George Sand
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One of the first observations to make in conversation is the state, or the character, and the education of the person to whom we speak.
Suzanne Curchod
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Patriarchal Poetry makes mistakes.
Gertrude Stein
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Business is other people's money.
Delphine de Girardin
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Our weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters but our strength is the forced fruit.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
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Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.
Gertrude Stein
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A door once opened may be stepped through in either direction.
Madame de Pompadour
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History takes time. History makes memory.
Gertrude Stein
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there is not enough interest in life to spread over twenty-four hours when one can't sleep.
Madame de Stael
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To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.
Suzanne Curchod
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Be happy, but be happy through piety.
Madame de Stael
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The future: A consolation for those who have no other.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
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Wit lives in the present, but genius survives the future.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
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Providence protects us in all the details of our lot.
Madame de Stael
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No one perfectly loves God who does not perfectly love some of his creatures.
Margaret of Valois
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All expression, all art, is an indiscretion we commit against ourselves. This is not an 'impoverishment' but an increase in wealth, for it is in this way that we make the short hours of our lives live on beyond themselves.
Natalie Clifford Barney
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Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.
Gertrude Stein
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However old a conjugal union, it still garners some sweetness. Winter has some cloudless days, and under the snow a few flowers still bloom.
Madame de Stael
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The more I see of man, the more I like dogs.
Madame de Stael
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... anything difficult to say must be shouted from the rooftops.
Natalie Clifford Barney
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Simplicity, a delicate silence about oneself, increases their worth and makes one love those whom one admires.
George Sand
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