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The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.

Honore de Balzac

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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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The more one judges, the less one loves.
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Judgement Love Oneself
Love is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all.
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People who are in love suspect nothing or everything.
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All human power is a compound of time and patience.
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Compound Human Patience Power Time
Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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As a rule, only the poor are generous.
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Generosity Poor Rule
The greater a man’s talents, the more marked his idiosyncracies. Yet in the provinces originality is considered perilously close to lunacy.
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Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
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Control Giant Operation
Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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Lying Misery Misfortune Worst
Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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Choice Hard Life Yourself
Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.
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Catch Law Oneself Pass Small

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