The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
HONORE DE BALZACA lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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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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Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.
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No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.
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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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The greater a man’s talents, the more marked his idiosyncracies. Yet in the provinces originality is considered perilously close to lunacy.
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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One hour of love has a whole life in it.
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As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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The more one judges, the less one loves.
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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
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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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Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.
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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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