“Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things”
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“Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things”
“When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies”
“Beauty is not caused. It is”
“For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity ”
“Growth itself contains the germ of happiness. ”
“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory ”
“All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love”
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go”
“Power, after love, is the first source of happiness ”
“Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action”
“Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip”
“The lack of money is the root of all evil ”
“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move”
“There is a woman at the begining of all great things ”
“More than kisses, letters mingle souls”
“Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge”
“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”
“The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.”
“All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.”
“Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes ”