There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
HONORE DE BALZACHatred is the vice of narrow souls; they feed it with all their littleness, and make it the pretext of base tyrannies.
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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.
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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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Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
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Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.
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The greatest tyranny is to love I where we are not loved again.
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
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Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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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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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
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All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all.
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What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.
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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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