As a rule, only the poor are generous.
HONORE DE BALZACWomen see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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Everybody all over the world takes a wife’s estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man.
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It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
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Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.
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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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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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A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
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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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At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise.
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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.
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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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Women are happy to possess a man whom all women covet.
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First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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