If you are to judge a man, you must know his secret thoughts, sorrows, and feelings; to know merely the outward events of a man’s life would only serve to make a chronological table-a fool’s notion of history.
HONORE DE BALZACWhen 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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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
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No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.
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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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We love because we love.
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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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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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A lover teaches a wife all her husband has kept from her.
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Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.
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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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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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Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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Life is simply what out feelings do to us.
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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
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