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Life cannot go on without much forgetting.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles. Everything adds to it. Just as the being we love can do no wrong, so the one we hate can do no right.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Women are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac All human power is a compound of time and patience.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac There is a cure for temptation. What? Yielding to it.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
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