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People who are in love suspect nothing or everything.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other tempers, as woman’s destiny requires, have for the most part a mania for making everything about them bend to them.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac A lover teaches a wife all her husband has kept from her.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Those who spend too fast never grow rich.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac 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 BalzacHonore de Balzac Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals – that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac The greatest tyranny is to love I where we are not loved again.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Gratitude is a fool’s word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac
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All it takes is one drink to mess with the way you drive – it clouds your judgment and slows your reflexes. Don’t take any chances. It just isn’t worth it.
Paris HiltonParis Hilton Judge tenderly of me.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Wins and losses come a dime a dozen. But effort? Nobody can judge effort. Effort is between you and you. Effort ain’t got nothing to do with nobody else.
Ray LewisRay Lewis The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti Never judge a country by its politicians.
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
TertullianTertullian History will judge societies and governments – and their institutions – not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and the powerful, but by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless.
Cesar ChavezCesar Chavez Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.
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