In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. Candide
The sweetness of many things from that time still stirs and touches me with melancholy: dark and well-lighted alleys, houses and towers, chimes and faces, rooms rich and comfortable, warm and relaxed, rooms pregnant with secrets. Everything bears the scent of warm intimacy, servant girls, household remedies, and dried fruits. Demian
Only old Benjamin professed to remember every detail of his long life and to know that things never had been, nor ever could be much better or much worse--hunger, hardship, and disappointment being, so he said, the unalterable law of life. Animal Farm
Success is the product of daily habits—not once-in-a-lifetime transformations. Atomic Habits
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