Constantly and, if it be possible, on the occasion of every impression on the soul, apply to it the principles of Physic, of Ethic, and of Dialectic. Book VIII
An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged: no harm can be done. Mansfield Park
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you. The Nightingale and the Rose
“History is something that very few people have been doing while everyone else was ploughing fields and carrying water buckets.” Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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