A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
HONORE DE BALZACEquality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.
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The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.
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When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.
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There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
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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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Like hunger, physical love is a necessity. But man’s appetite for amour is never so regular or so sustained as his appetite for the delights of the table.
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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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A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals – that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.
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People who are in love suspect nothing or everything.
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Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.
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