He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
HONORE DE BALZACCruelty and fear shake hands together.
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One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
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Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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Life is simply what out feelings do to us.
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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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The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
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Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.
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The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
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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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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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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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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
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Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.
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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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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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