Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.
HONORE DE BALZACAll human power is a compound of time and patience.
More Honore de Balzac Quotes
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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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Gratitude is a fool’s word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.
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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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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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As a rule, only the poor are generous.
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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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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
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One hour of love has a whole life in it.
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Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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I can no longer think of anything but you. In spite of myself, my imagination carries me to you. I grasp you, I kiss you, I caress you, a thousand of the most amorous caresses take possession of me.
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How sternly we reproach virtue for its failings, how indulgent we are to the better qualities of vice!
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Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
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The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
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