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Adams's diplomatic victory was Napoleonic in its magnitude and completeness, Even Caulaincourt, whom he overthrew, good-naturedly congratulated him after he had succeeded,against Caulaincourt"s utmost efforts,in saving all American ships."It seems you are great favorites here;you have found powerful protection,"said the defeated ambassador.The American minister felt but one drawback, he could not wholly believe that his victory was sure.Anx..
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She regarded men as creatures made for women to dispose of.
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An artist must be man, woman and demi-god.
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I know of nothing useful in life except what is beautiful or creates beauty.
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Every one who marries goes it blind, more or less.
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Some people are made with faith. I am made without it.
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taste is free, and all styles are good which amuse.
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True artists, turned critics, think also less of rules than of values.
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Religion is, or ought to be, a feeling.
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Pascal touched God behind the veil of scepticism.
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what struck boys most was their type. Senators were a species
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Accident counts for much in companionship as in marriage.
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All experience is an arch, to build upon.
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Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.
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Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.
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Intimates are predestined.
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Objections fatal to one mind are futile to another.
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Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
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In doubt, the quickest way to clear one's mind is to discuss.
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The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.
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The mind resorts to reason for want of training.
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Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
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All the steam in the world could not, like the Virgin, build Chartres.
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We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and, when got, the repose is insupportable.
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simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.
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In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.
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