Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
HONORE DE BALZACThe man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
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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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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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Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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A courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons – the least rewarded of all forms of courage.
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One hour of love has a whole life in it.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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Love, according to our contemporary poets, is a privilege which two beings confer upon one another, whereby they may mutually cause one another much sorrow over absolutely nothing.
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Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
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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 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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Liberty begets anarchy, anarchy leads to despotism, and despotism brings about liberty once again. Millions of human beings have perished without being able to make any of these systems triumph.
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