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.
HONORE DE BALZACWhen Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich.
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It is as absurd to say that a man can’t love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.
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Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.
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A lover teaches a wife all her husband has kept from her.
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When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
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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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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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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it.
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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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Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
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Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
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