Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
HONORE DE BALZACEvents are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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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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Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.
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True lovers know how trifling a thing is money yet how difficult to blend with love!
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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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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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Life is simply what out feelings do to us.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
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The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
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