Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
HONORE DE BALZACOld men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows.
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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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A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.
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The more one judges, the less one loves.
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There is a cure for temptation. What? Yielding to it.
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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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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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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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Women are happy to possess a man whom all women covet.
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All human power is a compound of time and patience.
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Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.
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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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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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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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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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