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There is a mortifying experience in particular, which does not fail to wreak itself also in the general history; I mean "the foolish face of praise," the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease, in answer to conversation which does not interest us. The muscles, not spontaneously moved but moved, by a low usurping wilfulness, grow tight about the outline of the face, with the most disagreeable sensation.

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Love does not exist. There exists the physical need for intercourse, and the rational need for a mate in life

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There is a mystery in all great writing and that mystery does not dissect out. It continues and is always valid.

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Self pity is a disease which does not kill but corrodes.

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I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit.

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They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work.

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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.

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A tale from which pieces have been raked out is like a fire that has been poked. One does not know the operation has been performed, but everyone feels the effect.

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Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.

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Success, the real success, does not depend upon the position you hold but upon how you carry yourself in that position.

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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.

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God and nature create nothing that does not fulfill a purpose

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Whatever does not exist in the body can't be found in the universe, and whatever exists in the universe can be found in the body.

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The wing structure of the hornet, in relation to its weight, is not suitable for flight, but he does not know this and flies anyway.

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True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.

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You can't possibly ask me to go without having some dinner. It's absurd. I never go without my dinner. No one ever does, except vegetarians and people like that.

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With wavering steps does fickle fortune stray, Nowhere she finds a firm and fixed abode; But now all smiles, and now again all frowns, She's constant only in inconstancy.

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He who regards the world as he does the fortune of his own body can govern the world. He who loves the world as he does his own body can be entrusted with the world.

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For prying into any human affairs, non are equal to those whom it does not concern.

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Where does my fist go when I open up my hand? Where does my lap go when I stand up?

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