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In The Fine Arts, As In Many Other Things, We Know Well Only What We Have Not Learned.

What One Knows Best Is ... What One Has Learned Not From Books But As A Result Of Books, Through The Reflections To Which They Have Given Rise.

If A Woman Were About To Proceed To Her Execution, She Would Demand A Little Time To Perfect Her Toilet.

The Person Is Always Happy Who Is In The Presence Of Something They Cannot Know In Full. A Person As Advanced Far In The Study Of Morals Who Has Mastered The Difference Between Pride And Vanity.

Scandal Is An Importunate Wasp, Against Which We Must Make No Movement Unless We Are Quite Sure That We Can Kill It; Otherwise It Will Return To The Attack More Furious Than Ever.