Poems List

The more he plumbed the depths of sensual pleasure, the more he emerged with grit rather than pearls.
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Marriage must constantly fight against a monster which devours everything: routine.
THE BOOR COVERS HIMSELF, THE RICH MAN OR THE FOOL ADORNS HIMSELF, AND THE ELEGANT MAN GETS DRESSED.
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To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.
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Man is neither good nor bad; he is born with instincts and abilities.

La Comédie Humaine (1842) vol. 1, foreword

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