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A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt. Jean Racine
Heart Others Never Noble Felt Malice Suspect Cannot Pettiness
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine
Death Wise Man Wise Man Never He Takes Ready Always Go Surprise
Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain. John Calvin
God Man Mind Will Own Some Superstition He Like Idol Idolatry His Brain Forge Store Forsake Much Certain Believes
Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth. Joseph Joubert
Love Truth Those More Never Retract Opinions Than Themselves Who
Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash. Louis Aragon
Life Truth Conflict People Darkness Light Black Black And White Opposites White Relation Our Pungent Intoxicating Clash Only Terms Make Exist Error Where Which Meaningful Zone
Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own. Madame de Stael
Strength Prayer Own Meditation More Self He Greater His Source Prays Than Goes
Empathy is the faculty to resonate with the feelings of others. When we meet someone who is joyful, we smile. When we witness someone in pain, we suffer in resonance with his or her suffering. Matthieu Ricard
Smile Suffering Witness Resonate Feelings Pain Resonance Others Meet Someone Faculty Empathy Joyful His Who Suffer Her
Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil. Maximilien Robespierre
Good People Evil Magistrate Suppose Institution Does Any Which
Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime. Maximilien Robespierre
Crime Innocence Secure Struggles Throne Attempts Against Might Butcher
Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee. Michel de Montaigne
Else Beyond Thee Things Present Rejoice
One should eat to live, not live to eat. Moliere
Live Eat Should
When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner. Montesquieu
Liberty Apprehension Tyrannical Laws Arise Execute Powers Executive Because Enact Person Senate Same May Legislative Them Manner Should Body Lest Monarch United
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared. Montesquieu
Happiness True Happiness Men Kind Never Shared True Stern Always Proud False Sensible Them
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need. Napoleon Bonaparte
Great Welcome Herd Out Vanity Seek Sake Influence Them Need
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots. Napoleon Bonaparte
Peace Precede Nations Want Cannon Shots Should Avoid
The army is the true nobility of our country. Napoleon Bonaparte
Army Country Our Nobility True
All religions have been made by men. Napoleon Bonaparte
Made Men All Religions Religions Been
An army marches on its stomach. Napoleon Bonaparte
Army Stomach Marches
My life is not that glamorous. I actually live a pretty simple life, really. I just work. I don't have time to do all these glamorous things. I just do my thing, just work. Olga Kurylenko
Life Work Time Simple My Life Live Pretty Simple Life Glamorous Just Really Actually Thing Things
A Bond girl must be a strong and independent woman, but at the same time charming and sensual. Those opposite qualities combined together make her interesting. She must be strong but at the same time feminine. Olga Kurylenko
Time Together Woman Independent Woman Strong Girl Be Strong Those Independent Must Charming Combined Qualities She Make Feminine Opposite Same Same Time Interesting Sensual Her Bond Bond Girl
There are so many forms of love. Spending time with friends, love stories. I enjoy showing my love by baking a cake for somebody and writing his or her name on it, and seeing his or her reaction. I love to offer flowers, too! Pom Klementieff
Love Time Writing Cake Somebody Enjoy Too Spending Spending Time Seeing Name Baking Reaction His Friends Offer Love Stories Stories Forms Many Showing Her Flowers
The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it. Remy de Gourmont
Truth You Truth Is Find About Terrible Terrible Thing Quest Thing
It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived. Rene Descartes
Confidence Deceived Complete Once Only Never Been Prudent Place Which Even
Vision is the true creative rhythm. Robert Delaunay
Creative Vision True Rhythm
The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Jealous Jealousy Smell Alike Betrayed
Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken. Simone de Beauvoir
Broken Woman Words Sex Oppose Spell Complete Pleasure Abandon Kind Magic Demands Movements
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