A courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons – the least rewarded of all forms of courage.
HONORE DE BALZACExcess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by feeling only their inconveniences.
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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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Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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Those who spend too fast never grow rich.
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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
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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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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
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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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A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
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