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One of the best things about love is just recognizing a man's step when he climbs the stairs. — Colette · 1941Love comes from blindness,
Friendship comes from knowledge. — Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy · 1665Absence is to love what wind is to fire;
It extinguishes the small, it kindles the great. — Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy · 1665Life is a flower of which love is the honey. — Victor Hugo · 1862Friendship2 quotes
Love comes from blindness,
Friendship comes from knowledge. — Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy · 1665It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship. — Colette · 1932Man and animals2 quotes
The noblest conquest man has ever made. — Georges Louis Leclerc · 1753Man alone consumes and engulfs more flesh than all other animals put together. He is, then, the greatest destroyer, and he is so more by abuse than by necessity. — Georges Louis Leclerc · 1753Alcohol1 quote
Wine may well be considered the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages. — Louis Pasteur · 1873America1 quote
Take away time is money, and what is left of England? Take away cotton is king, and what is left of America? — Victor Hugo · 1862Betrayal1 quote
Anyone who hasn't experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing about ecstasy at all. — Jean Genet · 1986Ecstasy1 quote
Anyone who hasn't experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing about ecstasy at all. — Jean Genet · 1986England1 quote
Take away time is money, and what is left of England? Take away cotton is king, and what is left of America? — Victor Hugo · 1862Fame1 quote
Popularity? It is glory's small change. — Victor Hugo · 1838Fortune1 quote
Chance favors only the prepared mind. — Louis Pasteur · 1854Glory1 quote
Popularity? It is glory's small change. — Victor Hugo · 1838God1 quote
God is stupidity and cowardice; God is hypocrisy and falsehood. God is tyranny and poverty; God is evil. For as long as men bow before altars, mankind will remain damned, the slaves of kings and priests. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon · 1846Horses1 quote
The noblest conquest man has ever made. — Georges Louis Leclerc · 1753Human destructiveness1 quote
Man alone consumes and engulfs more flesh than all other animals put together. He is, then, the greatest destroyer, and he is so more by abuse than by necessity. — Georges Louis Leclerc · 1753Life1 quote
Life is a flower of which love is the honey. — Victor Hugo · 1862Lifelong love1 quote
One of the best things about love is just recognizing a man's step when he climbs the stairs. — Colette · 1941Limits of language1 quote
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. — Victor Hugo · 1864Love and friendship1 quote
Love comes from blindness,
Friendship comes from knowledge. — Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy · 1665Love and life1 quote
Life is a flower of which love is the honey. — Victor Hugo · 1862Mistakes1 quote
Great blunders are often made, like large ropes, of a multitude of fibers. — Victor Hugo · 1862Nature1 quote
You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters. — St. Bernard of Clairvaux · 1147Nature of God1 quote
God is stupidity and cowardice; God is hypocrisy and falsehood. God is tyranny and poverty; God is evil. For as long as men bow before altars, mankind will remain damned, the slaves of kings and priests. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon · 1846Nature of love1 quote
Absence is to love what wind is to fire;
It extinguishes the small, it kindles the great. — Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy · 1665Persuasion1 quote
Whether you are dealing with an animal or a child, to convince is to weaken. — Colette · 1932Politeness1 quote
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship. — Colette · 1932Popularity1 quote
Popularity? It is glory's small change. — Victor Hugo · 1838Power of ideas1 quote
An invasion of armies can be resisted; an invasion of ideas cannot be resisted. — Victor Hugo · 1878Preparation1 quote
Chance favors only the prepared mind. — Louis Pasteur · 1854Property rights1 quote
Property is theft. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon · 1840Speaking up1 quote
I have freed my soul. — Bernard of Clairvaux · 1152