In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
HONORE DE BALZACWant him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
More Honore de Balzac Quotes
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Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.
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The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
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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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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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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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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.
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Love, according to our contemporary poets, is a privilege which two beings confer upon one another, whereby they may mutually cause one another much sorrow over absolutely nothing.
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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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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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