Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
HONORE DE BALZACAt fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise.
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The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.
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At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise.
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Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.
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Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
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Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it.
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It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
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