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O vanity! you are the lever by means of which Archimedes wished to lift the earth!


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I was ready to love the whole world, but no one understood me, and I learned to hate.



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Afraid of decision, I buried my finer feelings in the depths of my heart and they died there.



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An unusual beginning must have an unusual end.



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He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.



Women love only those whom they do not know!

Women love only those whom they do not know!



We almost always forgive those we understand.

We almost always forgive those we understand.



What is this eternity to me without you? What is the infinity of my domains? Empty ringing words, A spacious temple - without a divinity!

What is this eternity to me without you? What is the infinity of my domains? Empty ringing words, A spacious temple - without a divinity!



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I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectatorOf my triumph or my doom.



In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.

In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.





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