There is no religion without mysteries. God Himself is the great secret of Nature.
My downfall made a great noise: those who appeared most satisfied criticized the manner of it.
Perfect works are rare, because they must be produced at the happy moment when taste and genius unite; and this rare conjuncture, like that of certain planets, appears to occur only after the revolution of several cycles, and only lasts for an instant.
I am Bourbon as a matter of honour, royalist according to reason and conviction, and republican by taste and character.
One is not superior merely because one sees the world as odious.
In living literature no person is a competent judge but of works written in his own language. I have expressed my opinion concerning a number of English writers; it is very possible that I may be mistaken, that my admiration and my censure may be equally misplaced, and that my conclusions may appear impertinent and ridiculous on the other side of the Channel.
Let us not disdain glory too much; nothing is finer, except virtue. The height of happiness would be to unite both in this life.
Music is the child of prayer, the companion of religion.
Something you consider bad may bring out your child's talents; something you consider good may stifle them.
The cat lives alone, has no need of society, obeys only when she pleases, pretends to sleep that she may see more clearly, and scratches everything on which she can lay her paw.
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