Louise Colet quotes
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“You know what they say, 'You have to work at wisdom; you have to take pains to be reasonable, but to be foolish, just let yourself go.”
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“Misfortune comes to people who live only on the memory of their past grandeur.”
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“It is better not to be loved than to be ill-loved or half-loved.”
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“The happiest woman sees not gladness alone reflected from her mirror; its surface will inevitably be sometimes dimmed with sighs.”
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“Doubt the man who swears to his devotion.”
-- Louise ColetSource : "Tools Of Speech" by Maturin M. Ballou, (p. 519), 1886.
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“Untimely conduct is the discord of manners.”
-- Louise ColetSource : "Tools Of Speech" by Maturin M. Ballou, (p. 108), 1886.
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“Coquetry is the art of successful deception.”
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“Alas! How enthusiasm decreases, as our experience increases!”
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“Before we love with our heart, we already love with our imagination.”
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“When greatness descends from its lofty pedestal, it assumes human dimensions.”
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“Flirtation and coquetry are so nearly allied as to be identical; both are the art of successful and pleasing deception.”
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