Here Fashion is a despot, and no one dreams of evading its dictates.
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Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.
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Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.
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We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.
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The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness.
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The Temple of Diana is in the vicinity of the fountain, which has given rise to the conjecture that it originally constituted a portion of the ancient baths.
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In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex.
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Who could look on these monuments without reflecting on the vanity of mortals in thus offering up testimonials of their respect for persons of whose very names posterity is ignorant?
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Yes, the meeting of dear friends atones for the regret of separation; and like it so much enhances affection, that after absence one wonders how one has been able to stay away from them so long.
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When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time; but one link in the chain of affection broken, and every thing seems altered.
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