The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.

She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice?

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.

Who knows whether it is not true that phosphorus and mind are not the same thing?

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.

A good book is an event in my life.

A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader's soul.

When at work, be diligent because there are many people who wish they had your job, but they couldn't since you are the one who got.

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Time takes away the grief of men.

I believe I was extremely greedy.

The music business is a weird business. Sometimes licensing doesn't happen because some business component that you never knew about stops it.

I'll try to do anything to win a game.

I think it's always hard for people to get their head around the fact that populist, commercial films can also actually be great works of art.

Those conspiracies that are too incredible to be believed, are by the same right, those which most often succeed.

I'm a political conservative.

I'm not going to accept your challenge. There will be no duel." "Why not? Because I'm a woman?" "No, because I've seen the way you spinsters handle a pistol. You'd shoot me dead where I stood.