JL
Quotes by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

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Il y a bien des hommes qui sont plus monstres que vous, dit la Belle.

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Pride, anger, gluttony, and idleness are sometimes conquered, but the conversion of a malicious and envious mind is a kind of miracle.

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There is many a monster who wears the form of a man; it is better of the two to have the heart of a man and the form of a monster.

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Yes, yes," said the Beast, "my heart is good, but still I am a monster." Among mankind," says Beauty, "there are many that deserve that name more than you, and I prefer you, just as you are, to those, who, under a human form, hide a treacherous, corrupt, and ungrateful heart.

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Alas! I thought I had only a friendship for you, but the grief I now feel convinces me, that I cannot live without you.