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The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.
The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.
The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.
The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.
Cards were at first for benefits designed, sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind.
Cards were at first for benefits designed, sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind.
Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at read more
Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends
Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; read more
Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; that of the other, like enlarging monsters with a microscope.
The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.
A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.
Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.
Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.
Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface.
Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface.
