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Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance.

Honore de Balzac

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I can no longer think of anything but you. In spite of myself, my imagination carries me to you. I grasp you, I kiss you, I caress you, a thousand of the most amorous caresses take possession of me.
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Carry Imagination Kiss Myself Possession Thinking
At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise.
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Beautiful Promise Talent Woman
Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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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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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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Confront Moral Resource Solitude
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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Hard Power Reveal Strike True
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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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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Feature Himself Man Woman
To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals – that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.
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Forever Greatness Ideal Live Praise Presence World
Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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Anticipation Fear Greatness Lying Ourselves
A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
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As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.
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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
A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.
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Change Conduct Himself Man Opinion Wasted Time
Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.
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Intelligence Love Ugly Woman
The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
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