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• I need to possess this woman in order to save myself from the absurdity of being in love with her.

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• The glory of the resistance and the pleasure of the defeat are our two favourite passions.

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• We should never permit ourselves to behave in excess except with those whom we will leave soon.

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• In truth, the more I live, the more I am tempted to believe that only you and I are of any value at all in the world.

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• I will admit that money does not bring happiness, but it must also be admitted that it facilitates much.

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• It’s not enough to possess her. I want her to abandon herself.

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• Hate is always more clairvoyant and ingenious than friendship.

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• One gets bored of everything, my Angel, it’s a law of nature; it’s not my fault.

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• For men, infidelity is not inconstancy.

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• When one woman touches another’s heart, she rarely has trouble finding the sensitive spot and the wound is incurable.

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• Learn that one never escapes slavery except by a great revolution.

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• You may conquer her love of God: you will never overcome her fear of the devil.

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• I willingly allow that money does not guarantee happiness; but it must also be allowed that it makes happiness a great deal easier to achieve.

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Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (13)

Birth:	18th October, 1741
Death:	5th September, 1803
Nationality:	French
Profession:	Army Officer, Novelist, Writer

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