Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
HONORE DE BALZACCourtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows.
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Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.
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Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another’s happiness than in your own.
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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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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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The more you judge, the less you love.
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The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
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A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
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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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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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Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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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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