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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.

Honore de Balzac

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In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.
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Gratitude is a fool’s word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.
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Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
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All human power is a compound of time and patience.
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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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To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.
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Choice Happiness Herself Love Man Wife
A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
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Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.
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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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How sternly we reproach virtue for its failings, how indulgent we are to the better qualities of vice!
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First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
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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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Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance.
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