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.
HONORE DE BALZACTalent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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All human power is a compound of time and patience.
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Love, according to our contemporary poets, is a privilege which two beings confer upon one another, whereby they may mutually cause one another much sorrow over absolutely nothing.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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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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Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
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The greatest tyranny is to love I where we are not loved again.
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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.
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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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Liberty begets anarchy, anarchy leads to despotism, and despotism brings about liberty once again. Millions of human beings have perished without being able to make any of these systems triumph.
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