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- De L’Amour (On Love) (1822), Ch. 17, footnote
- De L’Amour (On Love) (1822), Ch. 1
Love has always been the most important business in my life; I should say the only one.
La Vie d’Henri Brulard (1890)

Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.
De L’Amour (On Love) (1822), Fragments
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Love has always been the most important business in my life; I should say the only one.