The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The public, like a foolish husband, always succumbs.
HONORE DE BALZACGratitude is a fool’s word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.
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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
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A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.
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Vice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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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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Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
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To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.
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The good we do to others is spoilt unless we efface ourselves so completely that those we help have no sense of inferiority.
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Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.
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Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
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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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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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There is a cure for temptation. What? Yielding to it.
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All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all.
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Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by feeling only their inconveniences.
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