When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws.
From Nicolas Chamfort
There is a melancholy that stems from greatness.
There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.
Conviction is the conscience of the mind.
People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess.
Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich.
There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions.
Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.
All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate.
The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.
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