I have never thought, for my part, that man's freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any human power, be forced to do what is against his will.
I have never thought, for my ...
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What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
A man speaks of what he knows, a woman of what pleases her: the one requires knowledge, the other taste.
To study men, we must look close by; to study man, we must learn to look afar; if we are to discover essential characteristics, we must first observe differences.
It is in man's heart that the life of nature's spectacle exists; to see it, one must feel it.
O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it.
