Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
HONORE DE BALZACOne should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
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A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
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Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
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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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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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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.
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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.
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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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When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.
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Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance.
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Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
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