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.
HONORE DE BALZACAll human power is a compound of time and patience.
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People who are in love suspect nothing or everything.
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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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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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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.
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The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
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Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
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Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
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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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The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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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!
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It 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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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
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