The more you judge, the less you love.
HONORE DE BALZAC
HONORE DE BALZAC
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Life is simply what out feelings do to us.
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Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Hatred is the vice of narrow souls; they feed it with all their littleness, and make it the pretext of base tyrannies.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac 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.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac 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.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man’s entire existence.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Art’s greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac If we all said to people’s faces what we say behind one another’s backs, society would be impossible.
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Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
Sarah ShawkatSarah Shawkat
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Dick CavettDick Cavett A man’s conscience and his judgment are the same thing, and, as the judgment, so also the conscience may be erroneous”
Thomas HobbesThomas Hobbes Much depends on your attitude. If you are filled with negative judgment and anger, then you will feel separate from other people. You will feel lonely.
Tutu DesmondTutu Desmond All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
Rene DescartesRene Descartes One should never judge anything unless it is known
Rene DescartesRene Descartes Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.
Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg There’s a story behind every person, a reason why they are the way they are. So, think about that before you judge someone.
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