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ocean society levels
Society proceeds like the ocean. After a disaster, it resume its wonted level and rhythms; its devouring interests efface all traces of damage.
summer spring flower
The great secret of social alchemy is to profit best from each stage in our lives, to gather all its leaves in spring, all its flowers in summer, and all its fruits in autumn.
solitude answers pleasure
We must certainly acknowledge that solitude is a fine thing; but it is a pleasure to have some one who can answer, and to whom we can say, from time to time, that solitude is a fine thing.
space soul wells
Our souls possess the unknown power of extending as well as contracting space.
two balls gowns
Materialism and spirituality are two pretty racquets with which charlatans in cap and gown make the same ball fly.
evil cures quacks
Let us leave the cure of public evils to those quacks, the statesmen.
stupid people heaven
Heaven should be kind to stupid people, for no one else can be consistently.
heart pride men
Is there any instinct more deeply implanted in the heart of man than the pride of protection, a protection which is constantly exerted for a fragile and defenceless creature?
civilization ignorant would-be
If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible.
heart hatred may
The human heart may find here and there a resting-place short of the highest height of affection, but we seldom stop in the steep, downward slope of hatred.
beautiful horse sight
It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing.
perfect literature mazes
Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.
sea lines latitude-and-longitude
No navigator has yet traced lines of latitude and longitude on the conjugal sea.
heart inferiority rivals
No woman has ever existed who did not know perfectly well in her heart what to expect from the superiority or inferiority of a rival.