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.
HONORE DE BALZACWhere poverty ceases, avarice begins.
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Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.
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A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.
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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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Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
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The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
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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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It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing.
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Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance.
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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Women are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness.
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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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A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
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