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Too much virtue can be criminal.


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There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.



Love is not a fire to be shut up in a soul. Everything betrays us: voice, silence, eyes; half-covered fires burn all the brighter.

Love is not a fire to be shut up in a soul. Everything betrays us: voice, silence, eyes; half-covered fires burn all the brighter.



A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt.

A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt.



Extreme justice is often injustice.

Extreme justice is often injustice.



Love is not dumb. The heart speaks many ways.

Love is not dumb. The heart speaks many ways.



Sun, I come to see you for the last time.

Sun, I come to see you for the last time.



The principal rule of art is to please and to move. All the other rules were created to achieve this first one.

The principal rule of art is to please and to move. All the other rules were created to achieve this first one.



How good is God! How sweet his yoke!

How good is God! How sweet his yoke!



A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.

A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.



The face of tyranny Is always mild at first.

The face of tyranny Is always mild at first.





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