Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by feeling only their inconveniences.
HONORE DE BALZACThe 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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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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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 lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.
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If you are to judge a man, you must know his secret thoughts, sorrows, and feelings; to know merely the outward events of a man’s life would only serve to make a chronological table-a fool’s notion of history.
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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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Life cannot go on without much forgetting.
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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
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The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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Love is the poetry of the senses.
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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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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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