The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
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Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
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There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
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Love is the poetry of the senses.
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Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
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A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.
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A mother who is really a mother is never free.
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Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.
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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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Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.
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Life is simply what out feelings do to us.
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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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