Like hunger, physical love is a necessity. But man’s appetite for amour is never so regular or so sustained as his appetite for the delights of the table.
HONORE DE BALZACGive to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.
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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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Everybody all over the world takes a wife’s estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man.
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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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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 boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
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Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.
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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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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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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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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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Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.
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The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.
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Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other tempers, as woman’s destiny requires, have for the most part a mania for making everything about them bend to them.
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As a rule, only the poor are generous.
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Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
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A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
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A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.
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A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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