True lovers know how trifling a thing is money yet how difficult to blend with love!
HONORE DE BALZACPeople exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
More Honore de Balzac Quotes
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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all.
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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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Love, according to our contemporary poets, is a privilege which two beings confer upon one another, whereby they may mutually cause one another much sorrow over absolutely nothing.
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Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
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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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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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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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Women are happy to possess a man whom all women covet.
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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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