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A curated selection of brief aphorisms and accompanying images that distill observations on social manners, romantic entanglements, moral ambiguity, and the effects of gossip and reputation in urban life. The pieces range from wry epigrams on personal choice and indulgence to reflective notes about change, counsel, and the burdens of appearances, organized as short excerpts and visual motifs intended to provoke thought rather than present a continuous narrative.

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Title: Widger's Quotes and Images from Zibeline by Phillipe de Massa

Author: marquis de Philippe Massa

Editor: David Widger

Release date: July 13, 2009 [eBook #7581]
Most recently updated: December 30, 2020

Language: English

Credits: This eBook was produced by David Widger

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ZIBELINE



By Phillipe de Massa













All that was illogical in our social
code

Ambiguity has no place, nor has
compromise

But if this is our supreme farewell, do
not tell me so!

Chain so light yesterday, so heavy to-
day

Every man is his own master in his
choice of liaisons

If I do not give all I give nothing

Indulgence of which they stand in need
themselves

Life goes on, and that is less gay than
the stories

Men admired her; the women sought some
point to criticise

Only a man, wavering and changeable

Ostensibly you sit at the feast without
paying the cost

Paris has become like a little country
town in its gossip

The night brings counsel

Their Christian charity did not extend
so far as that

There are mountains that we never climb
but once

You are in a conquered country, which
is still more dangerous


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