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.
HONORE DE BALZACOne hour of love has a whole life in it.
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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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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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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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A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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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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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.
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One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
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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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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing.
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