The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
HONORE DE BALZACOne should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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Everybody all over the world takes a wife’s estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man.
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In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.
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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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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.
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One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
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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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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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Love is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.
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If we all said to people’s faces what we say behind one another’s backs, society would be impossible.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
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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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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
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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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