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Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.

Honore de Balzac

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The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
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Himself Husband Lover Man Silence
At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise.
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Beautiful Promise Talent Woman
As a rule, only the poor are generous.
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Generosity Poor Rule
No woman dares to refuse love without a motive, for nothing is more natural than to yield to love.
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Dare Love Motive Natural Woman
He who best knows the world will love it least.
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Best Himself Love World
Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
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Greatness Growth Mom Passion Satisfaction Vice
He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
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Care Greatness Heart Man Mistake Tranquility
First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
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Complaint Kind Love Time Vaccination
The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
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Command Different Fact Kind Love Obedience Oneself Passion Quite
Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.
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Catch Law Oneself Pass Small
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
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Art Humanity Passion Religion Romance Universal Wasted
Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
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Cruelty Hands Togetherness
All human power is a compound of time and patience.
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Compound Human Patience Power Time
In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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Growth Love Time Woman
Vice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.
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Desire Knowledge Learning Vice
Love is the poetry of the senses.
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Love Poetry Sense

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