A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.
HONORE DE BALZACThe first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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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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All human power is a compound of time and patience.
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Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.
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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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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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The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
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Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other tempers, as woman’s destiny requires, have for the most part a mania for making everything about them bend to them.
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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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First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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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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If we all said to people’s faces what we say behind one another’s backs, society would be impossible.
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