Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
HONORE DE BALZACLove is the poetry of the senses.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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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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The more one judges, the less one loves.
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The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The public, like a foolish husband, always succumbs.
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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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The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
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There is a cure for temptation. What? Yielding to it.
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Life cannot go on without much forgetting.
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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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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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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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