Octave Feuillet quotes
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“Next to the disapproval of our friends, the approval of our enemies is most to be dreaded.”
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“Most women indulge in idle gossip, which is the henchman of rumor and scandal.”
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“The ideal itself is but truth clothed in the forms of art.”
-- Octave FeuilletSource : Octave Feuillet (1868). “Camors: Or, Life Under the New Empire”, p.208
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“Kindness is the only charm permitted to the aged; it is the coquetry of white hairs.”
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“Providence has so ordained it, that only two women have a true interest in the happiness of a man--his own mother, and the mother of his children. Besides these two legitimate kinds of love, there is nothing between the two creatures except vain excitement, painful and vain delusion.”
-- Octave Feuillet
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Source : "AA Gill obituary" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. December 10, 2016.
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“Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy.”
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“When you do not seek or need approval, you are at your most powerful.”
Source : Caroline Myss (2013). “Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential”, p.33, Harmony
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“The next day, she was silent. For breakfast, she murdered an onion and served it raw.”
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“Next to the virtue, the fun in this world is what we can least spare.”
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