The devil himself can do nothing to a man as long as he can laugh.

Axel Munthe in The Story of San Michele (1929)
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Authors who delight in making their readers assist at scenes of sexual orgies are generally very indifferent actors in such scenes. Personally I only know of one exception to this rule, Guy de Maupassant, and I saw him die of it.

Axel Munthe in The Story of San Michele (1929)
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Happiness we can only find in ourselves, it is a waste of time to seek for it from others, few have any to spare.

Axel Munthe in The Story of San Michele (1929)
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