Paul Bourget Quotes

Flirting is the sin of the virtuous and the virtue of thesinful.

At certain moments, words are nothing; it is thetone in which they are uttered.

One must live the way one thinks or end up thinking the way one has lived.

It is vain to try to sacrifice once for all one'syouthful ideals.

Even after making up one's mind to the sacrifices Ihad decided upon, there is always left a trace of envyfor those who have triumphed in the melancholystruggle for literary supremacy

Unhappiness indicates wrong thinking just as ill health indicates a bad regimen.