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half want comfort
How did you get back?' asked Vautrin. 'I walked,' replied Eugene. 'I wouldn't like half-pleasures, myself,' observed the tempter. 'I'd want to go there in my own carriage, have my own box, and come back in comfort. All or nothing, that's my motto.' 'And a very good one,' said Madame Vauquer.
feelings natural midst
Women are always true, even in the midst of their greatest falsities, because they are always influenced by some natural feeling.
sleep sometimes
Good befalls us while we sleep, sometimes.
flames two hypocrisy
One can imagine the look the two lovers exchanged; it was like a flame, for virtuous lovers have not a shred of hypocrisy.
heart wealth treasury
Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
ideas action contemplation
I prefer thought to action, an idea to a transaction, contemplation to activity.
heart way affection
If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it ascends the slopes of affection, it rarely halts on the way down.
feelings paper action
I'm a great poet. I don't put my poems on paper: they consist of actions and feelings.
humility anti-bullying suffering
Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference, or sheer helplessness.
loss men choices
Men are such dupes by choice, that he who would impose upon others never need be at a loss to find ready victims.
novelty deceptive delightful
Novelty is both delightful and deceptive.
writing talent particular
When one has no particular talent for anything, one takes to the pen.
flames fire genius
Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
dog reading doe
He's got his dog trained so that it only does it on newspapers. The trouble is it does it when he's reading the blasted things.