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.
HONORE DE BALZACOld men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows.
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Vice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.
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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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It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing.
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Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows.
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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
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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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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
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Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.
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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
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A mother who is really a mother is never free.
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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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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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