Iulia Hasdeu, page 2
Romanian exceptionally gifted intellectual woman, poet and prose writer
We always regret the wonderful old times; if we were to live back then, we would regret the times before and so on; we are only satisfied with what no longer exists.
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In literature, what matters is the beauty of the work, not that of its author.
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Eyes drenched in tears are always beautiful, no matter what they are like.
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A coquette, sure of her charms, speaks well of all women, for thus she finds a new way to make herself liked and attractive.
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When you have suffered much, you become used to the suffering that resembles a disagreeable friend, ugly and shrivelled, but constant.
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Women are unbeatable when they moderately praise the qualities they do not have.
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When it is a matter of saving the nation, doing your duty means nothing; for it to be sufficient, you must do more than your duty.
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Old people always praise the time when they were young, the past; why, then, do they wonder that young people praise the present?
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