Hatred is the vice of narrow souls; they feed it with all their littleness, and make it the pretext of base tyrannies.
HONORE DE BALZACEquality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.
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Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.
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Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
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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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Love is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.
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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.
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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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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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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.
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The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The public, like a foolish husband, always succumbs.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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Art’s greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.
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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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