Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
HONORE DE BALZACWoman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.
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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
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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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Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.
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Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man.
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The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
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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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The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
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Life is simply what out feelings do to us.
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Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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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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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
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The more one judges, the less one loves.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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