Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
HONORE DE BALZACThe motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.
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A mother who is really a mother is never free.
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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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Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.
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Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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Everybody all over the world takes a wife’s estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man.
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A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance.
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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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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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