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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A mother who is really a mother is never free.
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Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
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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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A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
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The more one judges, the less one loves.
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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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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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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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Woman is a delightful instrument of pleasure, but it is necessary to know its trembling strings, to study the position of them, the timid keyboard, the fingering so changeful and capricious which befits it.
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Coffee falls into the stomach. Ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop. the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similes arise, the paper is covered with ink.
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We love because we love.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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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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