“ There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved. ”
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“ Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius. ”
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“ There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved. ”
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“ Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness. ”
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“ Work is not man’s punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure. ”
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“ There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. (Il n'y a qu'un bonheur dans la vie, c'est d'aimer et d'être aimé.) ”
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“ God abandons only those who abandon themselves, and whoever has the courage to shut up his sorrow within his own heart is stronger to fight against it than he who complains. ”
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“ Le vrai est trop simple, il faut y arriver toujours par le compliqué." ("The truth is too simple: one must always get there by a complicated route.") [Letter to Armand Barbès, 12 May 1867] ”
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“ The maid told him that a girl and a child had come looking for him, but since she didn't know them, she hadn't cared to ask them in, and had told them to go on to Mers. "Why didn't you let them in?" asked Germain angrily. "People must be very suspicious in this part of the world, if they won't open the front door to a neighbor." "Well, naturally!" replied the maid. "In a house as rich as this, you have to keep a close watch on things. While the master's away I'm responsible for everything, and I can't just open the door to anyone at all." "That's a mean way to live," said Germain; "I'd rather be poor than live in fear like that. Goodbye to you, miss, and goodbye to this horrible country of yours! ”
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“ One is happy as a result of one's own efforts once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness: simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience. ”
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“ Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self when one does not lack wit and is familiar with all the niceties of language. Language is a prostitute queen who descends and rises to all roles. Disguises herself, arrays herself in fine apparel, hides her head and effaces herself; an advocate who has an answer for everything, who has always foreseen everything, and who assumes a thousand forms in order to be right. The most honorable of men is he who thinks best and acts best, but the most powerful is he who is best able to talk and write ”
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“ J'ai un but, une tâche, disons le mot, une passion. Le métier d'écrire en est une violente et presque indestructible." ("I have an object, a task, let me say the word, a passion. The profession of writing is a violent and almost indestructible one.") [Letter to Jules Boucoiran, 4 March 1831] ”
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“ It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides. ”
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“ Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure. ”
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“ One is happy as a result of one's own efforts — once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness — simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and, above all, a clear conscience. ”
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“ Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius. ”
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“ The old woman I shall become will be quite different from the woman I am now. Another I is beginning. ”
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“ He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life. ”
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“ One is happy as a result of one's own efforts — once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness — simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and, above all, a clear conscience. ”
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