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The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.

Honore de Balzac

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Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
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He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
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If we all said to people’s faces what we say behind one another’s backs, society would be impossible.
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The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
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No woman dares to refuse love without a motive, for nothing is more natural than to yield to love.
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