Often we pass beside happiness without seeing it, without looking at it, or even if we have seen and looked at it, without recognizing it.
("The Count of Monte Cristo")
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Monsieur Man-in-a-hurry, you can find me without running-ME, you understand?
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Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works.
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Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
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