Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it.
HONORE DE BALZACNoble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
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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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When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.
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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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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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Love is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.
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To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.
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It is as absurd to say that a man can’t love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.
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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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No woman dares to refuse love without a motive, for nothing is more natural than to yield to love.
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The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The public, like a foolish husband, always succumbs.
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The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.
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The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
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Women are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
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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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