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121 " … though we may not remedy the evil, let us make sure it does not happen to us "
― Pierre Choderlos de Laclos , Les Liaisons dangereuses
122 " no longer existed but by you and for you; and yet I call on yourself to witness, if ever in the gaiety of rural amusements, or in the more serious conversations, a word ever escaped from me that could betray the secret of my heart. "
123 " At length the day arrived which gave birth to my misfortune; "
124 " It was then I was ascertained that love, which is represented as the first cause of all our pleasure, is at most but the pretence. "
125 " C'est de quarante à cinquante ans que le désespoir de voir leur figure se flétrir, la rage de se sentir obligées d'abandonner des prétentions et des plaisirs auxquels elles tiennent encore, rendent presque toutes les femmes bégueules et acariâtres. "
126 " hope soon to convince you, that religion only can give even in this world that solid and durable happiness, which is vainly sought in the blindness of human passions. "
127 " The wicked man has his virtues, the good man his weaknesses "
128 " Let her believe in virtue, but let her sacrifice it for my sake; "
129 " Vous posséder et vous perdre, c’est acheter un moment de bonheur par une éternité de regrets. "
130 " What can I say? — I love, — yes, I love to distraction! "
131 " Ces Tyrans détrônés devenus mes esclaves "
132 " We embarked on that tacit convention, the first article in the treaty of coy love, which satisfies a mutual desire to look at each other by allowing glances to alternate until they eventually meet. "
133 " Our reason, inadequate as it is to warn us of impending disasters, is even more inadequate to offer us any comfort for them. "
134 " Le prometí amor eterno y realmente así lo creí durante un par de horas."(Las amistades peligrosas) "
― Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
135 " La honte que cause l'amour est comme sa douleur : on ne l'éprouve qu'une fois. On peut encore la feindre après ; mais on ne la sent plus. Cependant le plaisir reste, et c'est bien quelque chose. "
136 " Pourquoi faut-il que ces projets charmants ne soient qu'un chimère de mon imagination, que la réalité ne m'offre au contraire que des privations douloureuses et indéfinies ? "
137 " God, aren't brainy people obtuse! "
138 " If they do not see me at work, they shall at least see my work completed; they will then have nothing to do but to admire and applaud: for they shall applaud. "
139 " Solo el placer tiene el derecho de arrancar la venda del amor."(Las amistades peligrosas) "
140 " Your happiness is my concern, and you may be certain that in it I shall find my own. "