Madame de La Fayette quotes
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“If one thinks that one is happy, that is enough to be happy.”
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“Most mothers think that to keep young people away from love-making it is enough never to speak of it in their presence.”
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“One may forgive infidelity, but one does not forget it.”
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“You love writing; I hate it; and if I had a lover who expected a note from me every morning, I should certainly break with him. Let me beg you then not to measure my friendship by my writing.”
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“One is very weak when one is in love.”
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“We pardon infidelities, but we do not forget them.”
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“I have left all my business and all my husbands; I have taken with me only fair weather and my children, which is as much as I want.”
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“If I had a lover who wanted to hear from me every day, I would break with him.”
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Source : A.A. Gill (2010). “Paper View: The Best of The Sunday Times Television Columns”, p.127, Hachette UK
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“Some of my academic friends think Ive fallen from a very special grace.”
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“I won't let you close enough to hurt me.”
Source : Song: Turning Tables, Album: 21, 2011
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“I'm not often bored,' I assured her. "Life's not long enough for that.”
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