There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
HONORE DE BALZACLove is the poetry of the senses.
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Love is the poetry of the senses.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
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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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Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.
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Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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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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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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A lover teaches a wife all her husband has kept from her.
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Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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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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Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.
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A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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