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How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!

Honore de Balzac

When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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Doubt Power Yourself
The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
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Himself Husband Lover Man Silence
Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.
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Angel Compassionate Infinity Woman
Coffee falls into the stomach. Ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop. the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similes arise, the paper is covered with ink.
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Beginning Coffee Fall Ideas Ink Paper Smile
Poverty is a divine stepmother who does for youths what their own mothers were unable to do. It introduces them to frugality, to the world and to life.
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Divine Introduction Life Mom Poverty World Youth
Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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Man Mischeif Woman
A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
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Death Greatness Poet Writing
The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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Crime Forget Fortune Reason Secret
Art’s greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.
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Art Effort Greatness Nature
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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Dive Happiness. Grave Pearl
Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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Alcohol End Greatness Love Start
Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
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Need Solitude Yourself
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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Believe Force Husband Let Go Lying Media Public Yourself
Woman is a delightful instrument of pleasure, but it is necessary to know its trembling strings, to study the position of them, the timid keyboard, the fingering so changeful and capricious which befits it.
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Change Delight Happiness Instrument Position Woman
Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
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Familiar Marriage Monster Similar
Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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Heart Light Love See Woman

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