He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
HONORE DE BALZACAll human power is a compound of time and patience.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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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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Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance.
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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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As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.
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Art’s greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.
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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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People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
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Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.
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The more you judge, the less you love.
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Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.
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As a rule, only the poor are generous.
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A lover teaches a wife all her husband has kept from her.
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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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