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A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy
Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is easy to pull out
We are shaped and fashioned by what we love
Love does not dominate; it cultivates
If I love you, what does that matter to you!
Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched
In friendship we only see those faults which may be prejudicial to our friends. In love we see no faults but those by which we suffer ourselves
Love begins with love
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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