Chapter 1

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MONSIEUR DE CAMORS

By Octave Feuillet

A man never should kneel unless sure of rising a conqueror

A defensive attitude is never agreeable to a man

Bad to fear the opinion of people one despises

Believing that it is for virtue's sake alone such men love them

Camors refused, hesitated, made objections, and consented

Confounding progress with discord, liberty with license

Contempt for men is the beginning of wisdom

Cried out, with the blunt candor of his age

Dangers of liberty outweighed its benefits

Demanded of him imperatively--the time of day

Determined to cultivate ability rather than scrupulousness

Disenchantment which follows possession

Do not get angry. Rarely laugh, and never weep

Every one is the best judge of his own affairs

Every road leads to Rome--and one as surely as another

Every cause that is in antagonism with its age commits suicide

God--or no principles!

Have not that pleasure, it is useless to incur the penalties

He is charming, for one always feels in danger near him

Inconstancy of heart is the special attribute of man

Intemperance of her zeal and the acrimony of her bigotry

Knew her danger, and, unlike most of them, she did not love it

Man, if he will it, need not grow old: the lion must

Never can make revolutions with gloves on

Once an excellent remedy, is a detestable regimen

One of those pious persons who always think evil

Pleasures of an independent code of morals

Police regulations known as religion

Principles alone, without faith in some higher sanction

Property of all who are strong enough to stand it

Put herself on good terms with God, in case He should exist

Semel insanivimus omnes.' (every one has his madness)

Slip forth from the common herd, my son, think for yourself

Suspicion that he is a feeble human creature after all!

There will be no more belief in Christ than in Jupiter

Ties that become duties where we only sought pleasures

Truth is easily found. I shall read all the newspapers

Two persons who desired neither to remember nor to forget

Whether in this world one must be a fanatic or nothing

Whole world of politics and religion rushed to extremes

With the habit of thinking, had not lost the habit of laughing

You can not make an omelette without first breaking the eggs

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