There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
HONORE DE BALZACAll 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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Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by feeling only their inconveniences.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man’s entire existence.
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Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.
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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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How sternly we reproach virtue for its failings, how indulgent we are to the better qualities of vice!
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Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.
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A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
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Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows.
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Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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