Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.
HONORE DE BALZACOne should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
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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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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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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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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
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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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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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It is as absurd to say that a man can’t love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.
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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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True lovers know how trifling a thing is money yet how difficult to blend with love!
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all.
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No woman dares to refuse love without a motive, for nothing is more natural than to yield to love.
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Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
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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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Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.
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A courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons – the least rewarded of all forms of courage.
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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
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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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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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As a rule, only the poor are generous.
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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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