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It is sometimes best to slip over thoughts and not go to the bottom of them.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
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matrimony is a very dangerous disorder I had rather drink.
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It is freezing fit to split a stone.
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I do not like to employ secretaries that have more wit than myself. I am afraid to make them write all my nonsense.
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I love you so passionately, that I hide a great part of my love, so as not to oppress you with it.
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There is nobody who is not dangerous for someone.
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Why do we discover faults so much more readily than perfection.
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... truth ... carries authority with it while falsehood and lies skulk under a load of words, without having the power of persuasion the more they attempt to show themselves, the more they are entangled.
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Happiness, like misfortunes, never comes alone.
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