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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing no married man knows anything about.

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people don't talk.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

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