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children loss literature
Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty.
children literature sovereign
Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.
beauty promise fifteen
At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the coming woman.
law literature vices
When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa.
love passion literature
The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
literature spirit apprehension
Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.
men despair literature
Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
clouds veils shrouds
Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.
selfishness courtesy veneer
Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
mother pardon
Le coeur d'une me' re est un ab|"me au fond duquel se trouve toujours un pardon. A mother'sheart isanabyss atthebottomof whichthere is always forgiveness.
desire vices desire-to-learn
Vice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.
peace heart men
He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
women men
Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
hate men hatred
The response man has the greatest difficulty in tolerating is pity, especially when he warrants it. Hatred is a tonic, it makes one live, it inspires vengeance, but pity kills, it makes our weakness weaker.