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.
HONORE DE BALZACThe first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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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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He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
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At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise.
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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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A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.
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Women are happy to possess a man whom all women covet.
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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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Vice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.
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I can no longer think of anything but you. In spite of myself, my imagination carries me to you. I grasp you, I kiss you, I caress you, a thousand of the most amorous caresses take possession of me.
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Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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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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Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
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Poverty is a divine stepmother who does for youths what their own mothers were unable to do. It introduces them to frugality, to the world and to life.
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There is a cure for temptation. What? Yielding to it.
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True lovers know how trifling a thing is money yet how difficult to blend with love!
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