Each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved. Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it.
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Each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved. Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it.
Indiscretion is the better part of courage.
In art good intentions are not of the smallest value. All bad art is the result of good intentions.
What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.
No man has any real success in this world unless he has got women to back him, and women rule society. If you have not got women on your side you are quite over.
I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.
Duty is the most arid of all human relationships.
There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.
After playing Chopin, I feel as if I had been weeping over sins that I had never committed, and mourning over tragedies that were not my own.