Il faut rire avant que d'être heureux, de peur de mourir sans avoir ri. - Jean de La Bruyère

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There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.

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The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.

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We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.

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