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Ennui, the parent of expensive and ruinous vices.


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Never tell a loved one of an infidelity: you would be badly rewarded for your troubles. Although one dislikes being deceived, one likes even less to be undeceived.



That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.



If a man needs a religion to conduct himself properly in this world, it is a sign that he has either a limited mind or a corrupt heart.

If a man needs a religion to conduct himself properly in this world, it is a sign that he has either a limited mind or a corrupt heart.



A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.

A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.



Novelty is the storehouse of pleasure.

Novelty is the storehouse of pleasure.



Glances are the first billets-doux of love.

Glances are the first billets-doux of love.



The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.



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Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.



Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.

Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.



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Before I disappear behind the door, I stop and turn around to look at him.

Before I disappear behind the door, I stop and turn around to look at him.



It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement convinced that their cause is lost it is only then that cause triumphs.

It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement convinced that their cause is lost it is only then that cause triumphs.



We were not making war against Germany, we were being ordered about in the King's war with Germany.

We were not making war against Germany, we were being ordered about in the King's war with Germany.



And I had by now become used to the idea of witchcraft, it seemed a reasonable thing, so many things are about, at night, in Africa.

And I had by now become used to the idea of witchcraft, it seemed a reasonable thing, so many things are about, at night, in Africa.



A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset.

A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset.



So of course that was the moment my motherboard decided to do a short internal scan, throw up its hands, and screech, “Dear Lawd, a VAMPIRE has taken mah blood!” and initiate a general shutdown.

So of course that was the moment my motherboard decided to do a short internal scan, throw up its hands, and screech, “Dear Lawd, a VAMPIRE has taken mah blood!” and initiate a general shutdown.



When you talk about presidents, loyalty is a great thing until it becomes a bad thing. Witness once again Watergate.

When you talk about presidents, loyalty is a great thing until it becomes a bad thing. Witness once again Watergate.



Great marketers don't make stuff. They make meaning.

Great marketers don't make stuff. They make meaning.




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