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- There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive. — Victor Hugo
- I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. — Henry David Thoreau
- The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. — Honore de Balzac
- Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. — Honore de Balzac
- All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual. — Honore de Balzac