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A sick man, surrounded by those who love him, nursed by those who wish earnestly that he should live, will recover (all other things being equal), when another patient tended by hirelings will die. Doctors decline to see unconscious magnestism in this phenomenon; for them it is the result of intelligent nursing, of exact obedience to their orders; but many a mother knows the virtue of such ardent projections of strong, unceasing prayer.

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Now literary success can only be won in solitude by persevering labor.

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In the silence of their studios, busied for days at a time with works which leave the mind relatively free, painters become like women; their thoughts can revolve around the minor facts of life and penetrate their hidden meaning.

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Sometimes, one gesture comprises an entire drama, the accent of one word ruins an entire existence, and the indifference of one glance kills the happiest passion.

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Alas, two men are often necessary to provide a woman with a perfect lover, just as in literature a writer composes a type only by employing the singularities of several similar characters.

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We must certainly acknowledge that solitude is a fine thing; but it is a pleasure to have some one who can answer, and to whom we can say, from time to time, that solitude is a fine thing.

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Temperament is the thermometer of character.

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We have long struggles with ourself, of which the outcome is one of our actions; they are, as it were, the inner side of human nature. This inner side is God's; the outer side belongs to men.

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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.

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Heaven should be kind to stupid people, for no one else can be consistently.

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In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.

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While seeking out the dead, I see nothing but the living.

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A woman, even a prude, is not long at a loss, however dire her plight. She would seen always to have in hand the fig leaf our Mother Eve bequeathed to her.

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Love is a game in which one always cheats.

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Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

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With a woman, always make good use of a secret. She will be proportionally grateful to you, like a scoundrel who grants his respect to an honest man he has been unable to swindle.

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Friendships last when each friend thinks he has a slight superiority over the other.

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Art's greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.

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To have fame follow us is well, but it is not a desirable avant-courier.

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The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed.

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