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“In a revolution, nothing is more terrible than a straight line.”
“He had the blind certainty of the arrow, which sees only the mark and flies to it.”
“To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.”
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”
“The miserable's name is Man; he is agonizing in all climes, and he is groaning in all languages.”
“Mirrors, those revealers of the truth, are hated; that does not prevent them from being of use.”
“Whether we be Italians or Frenchmen, misery concerns us all.”
“For most men, till by losing rendered sager, will back their own opinions by a wager.”
“Heart on her lips, and soul within her eyes, soft as her clime, and sunny as her skies.”
“When people say, "I've told you fifty times," they mean to scold, and very often do.”
“I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me.”
“But we, who name ourselves its sovereigns, we, half dust, half deity, alike unfit to sink or soar.”
“No words suffice the secret soul to show, for truth denies all eloquence to woe.”