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moving men wish
Imaginative, sanguine men will never recognize that in negotiations the most dangerous moment of all is when everything is moving according to their wishes.
liberty able anarchy
Liberty begets anarchy, anarchy leads to despotism, and despotism brings about liberty once again. Millions of human beings have perished without being able to make any of these systems triumph.
law feet literature
Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.
love may immensity
Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.
love sisterhood giving
When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.
judging criticism
The more you judge, the less you love.
art effort counterfeit
Art's greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.
love wine tea
Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
coffee espresso people
Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
time compounds humans
All human power is a compound of time and patience.
family mothers-day mom
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
letting-go husband lying
The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The public, like a foolish husband, always succumbs.
liberty libertarian giants
Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
angel men compassion
Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.