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dog art wind
No hawk swooping down upon his prey, no stag improvising new detours by which to trick the huntsman, no dog scenting game from afar is comparable in speed to the celerity of a salesman when he gets wind a deal, to his skill in tripping up or forestalling a rival, and to the art with which he sniffs out and discovers a possible sale.
hatred giants journalism
Journalism is a giant catapult set in motion by pigmy hatreds.
couple passion duration
The duration of a couple's passion is in proportion to the woman's original resistance or to the obstacles that social hazards have placed in the way of her happiness.
passion law forgiving
Passions are no more forgiving than human laws and they reason more justly. Are they not based on a conscience of their own, infallible as an instinct?
fate men joy
All men can bear a familiar, definite misfortune better than the cruel alternations of a fate which, from one moment to another, brings excessive joy or sorrow.
wine misfortunes
Nothing is as heady as the wine of misfortune.
voice soul desert
Misfortune makes of certain souls a vast desert through which rings the voice of God.
generosity people twenties
As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.
husband wife lovers
A lover teaches a wife all her husband has kept from her.
kindness heart character
Kindness steers no easy course. Attributing it to character, we seldom recognize the secret efforts of a noble heart, whereas we reward really wicked people for the evil they refrain from committing.
lovers break scoundrels
Whereas scoundrels become reconciled after knifing one another, lovers break up irrevocably over a mere glance or word.
two facts sides
Possibly the words materialism and spirituality express two sides of one and the same fact.
heart pride men
A woman's greatest charm consists in a constant appeal to a man's generosity by a gracious declaration of helplessness which fills him with pride and awakens the most magnificent feelings in his heart.
hate like-love hatred
Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles. Everything adds to it. Just as the being we love can do no wrong, so the one we hate can do no right.