"The prevarication and white lies which a mind that keeps itself ambitiously pure is as uneasy under as a great artist under the false touches that no eye detects but his own, are worn as lightly as mere trimming when once the actions have become a lie."

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"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."

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"The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions."

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"A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards."

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"Consequences are unpitying."

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"Eros has degenerated; he began by introducing order and harmony, and now he brings back chaos."

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