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.
HONORE DE BALZACPhysically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
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A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it.
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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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The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man’s entire existence.
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A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
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There is a cure for temptation. What? Yielding to it.
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Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.
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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
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Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.
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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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A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.
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Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.
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