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    Every man has three characters – that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

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    Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.

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    Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.

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    Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.

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    Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end.

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    Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.

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    The more things change, the more they are the same.

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    Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.

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    We can invent only with memory.

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    If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers.

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    If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.

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    I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven’t a hope. I know the presiding judge too: I’ve had the misfortune to sleep with his wife. He was specially picked.

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