Life cannot go on without much forgetting.
HONORE DE BALZACThe secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
More Honore de Balzac Quotes
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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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People who are in love suspect nothing or everything.
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A lover teaches a wife all her husband has kept from her.
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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!
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Love is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.
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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
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In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.
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Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.
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Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.
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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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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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