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A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.

Honore de Balzac

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The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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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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People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
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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.
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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.
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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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Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.
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A mother who is really a mother is never free.
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Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
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