There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.
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It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.Jean de la Bruyere
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The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.
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As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before.
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To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools.
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Women run to extremes, they are either better or worse than men.
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Since the composer has said everything, if you discover everything, it will be enough and you will be a happy man. Don't try to say it's your taste, and because of that you are changing this or that. And I must say this respect is still there.
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But with period clothes, people know less so they accept the pretty drawing that I give them.
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