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.
HONORE DE BALZACIt is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
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Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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The more one judges, the less one loves.
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True lovers know how trifling a thing is money yet how difficult to blend with love!
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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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A mother who is really a mother is never free.
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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.
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Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.
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A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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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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Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.
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