The more you judge, the less you love.
HONORE DE BALZACHow sternly we reproach virtue for its failings, how indulgent we are to the better qualities of vice!
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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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Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
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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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He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
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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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The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
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Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.
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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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There is a cure for temptation. What? Yielding to it.
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If we all said to people’s faces what we say behind one another’s backs, society would be impossible.
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Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows.
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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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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.
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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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