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Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination.


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The mind longs for what it has missed.

The mind longs for what it has missed.



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Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend the gifts of nature.



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Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.



Nothing is falser than people's preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality.

Nothing is falser than people's preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality.



The world wants to be deceived.

The world wants to be deceived.



Can't you see that I'm only advising you to beg yourself not to be so dumb

Can't you see that I'm only advising you to beg yourself not to be so dumb



Women are one and all a set of vultures.

Women are one and all a set of vultures.



A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well, especially a businessman.

A man who is always ready to believe what is told him will never do well, especially a businessman.



Leave your home, O youth, and seek out alien shores. A wider range of life has been ordained for you.

Leave your home, O youth, and seek out alien shores. A wider range of life has been ordained for you.



While fortune lasts you will see your friend's face.

While fortune lasts you will see your friend's face.





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The Christians were the first to make the existence of Satan a dogma of the church. What is the use in a Pope if there is no Devil ?



The faculty of creating is never given to us all by itself. It always goes hand in hand with the gift of observation.

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