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Brev till Sévigné 4: In a word, woe to the one of too monotonous a temperament; her monotony satiates and disgusts...A caprice puts you in uncertainty, which you have as much trouble and grief in dispelling as though it were a victory obtained over a new object... love is never so strong as when you believe it ready to break. It loves, it storms; everything is convulsive. Reduce it to rule? It languishes.
— Oct 29, 2020 12:51AM
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St Evremond till L'Enclos: Your life, my well beloved, has been too illustrious not to be lived in the same manner until the end. Do not permit M. de la Rochefoucauld’s “hell” to frighten you; it was a devised hell he desired to construct into a maxim. Pronounce the word “love” boldly, and that of “old age” will never pass your lips.
— Oct 29, 2020 03:31AM
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Sévigné 35: I am beginning to understand, Marquis, that the only way to live with the most reasonable woman, is never to meddle with her heart affairs. I have, therefore, made up my mind. Henceforward I shall never mention your name to the Countess, unless she insists upon my doing so; I do not like bickerings.
— Oct 29, 2020 03:19AM
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Well, Marquis, in love as in war, the pleasure of obtaining a victory is measured according to the obstacles in the way of it.
— Oct 29, 2020 01:35AM
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Brev 28, Sévigné: Antag att kärlek finner oss. Vad kan vi göra med en person som bara är vacker? Vad kan vi tillbringa tid med, med en person som inte charmerar oss, bortom skönhet? Kärleken kräver liv, den brinner och äter sitt bränsle, och den bränner bara det som är nyttigt för den. När inte hjärnan är aktiv med en person, kommer den söka andra nöjen.
— Oct 29, 2020 01:34AM
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Sévigné 27: Is love not a passion? Do not very strict minded people pretend that the passions and vices mean the same things? Is vice ever more seductive than when it wears the cloak of virtue? Wherefore in order to corrupt virtuous souls it is sufficient for it to appear in a potential form.
— Oct 29, 2020 01:30AM
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Brev 20, Sévigné: Moderate, therefore, your imprudent vivacity; manifest less passion and you will excite more in her heart. We do not appreciate the worth of a prize more than when we are on the point of losing it. Some regulation in matters of love is indispensable for the happiness of both parties.
— Oct 29, 2020 01:20AM
