The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.
HONORE DE BALZACLove is the poetry of the senses.
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The good we do to others is spoilt unless we efface ourselves so completely that those we help have no sense of inferiority.
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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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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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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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To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals – that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.
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Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
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A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.
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As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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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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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
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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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Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
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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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A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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