Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
HONORE DE BALZACGreat minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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The greater a man’s talents, the more marked his idiosyncracies. Yet in the provinces originality is considered perilously close to lunacy.
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One hour of love has a whole life in it.
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Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
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Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.
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Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows.
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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
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It is as absurd to say that a man can’t love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.
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To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.
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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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