The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
HONORE DE BALZACOur worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.
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One hour of love has a whole life in it.
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Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
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Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
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Love is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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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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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.
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Liberty begets anarchy, anarchy leads to despotism, and despotism brings about liberty once again. Millions of human beings have perished without being able to make any of these systems triumph.
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The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
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Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
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If we all said to people’s faces what we say behind one another’s backs, society would be impossible.
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