Woman is a delightful instrument of pleasure, but it is necessary to know its trembling strings, to study the position of them, the timid keyboard, the fingering so changeful and capricious which befits it.
HONORE DE BALZACNoble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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Love is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.
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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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If we all said to people’s faces what we say behind one another’s backs, society would be impossible.
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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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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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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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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.
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The more you judge, the less you love.
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People who are in love suspect nothing or everything.
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The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
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It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing.
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An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man’s entire existence.
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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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