Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
HONORE DE BALZACOur worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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The greater a man’s talents, the more marked his idiosyncracies. Yet in the provinces originality is considered perilously close to lunacy.
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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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When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.
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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.
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Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
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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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The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
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People who are in love suspect nothing or everything.
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Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.
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The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
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Those who spend too fast never grow rich.
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Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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