The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
HONORE DE BALZACIt is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
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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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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other tempers, as woman’s destiny requires, have for the most part a mania for making everything about them bend to them.
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing.
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Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.
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All human power is a compound of time and patience.
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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another’s happiness than in your own.
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The greatest tyranny is to love I where we are not loved again.
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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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One hour of love has a whole life in it.
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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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