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I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice
Man's love is of man's life a part; it is a woman's whole existence. In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love
All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women
To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girl friends
What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce
Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them
Women are as they are; they necessarily have the defects of their virtues
Woman is stronger by virtue of her feelings than man by virtue of his power
One of the glories of society is to have created woman where Nature had made only a female; to have created a continuity of desire where Nature thought only of perpetuating the species; and, in fine, to have invented love
Nothing can afford a woman greater pleasure than to hear tender words of love. The strictest, most devout woman will listen even if she must not answer
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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