He who best knows the world will love it least.
HONORE DE BALZACGreat minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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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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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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Women are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness.
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Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance.
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People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
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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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Hatred is the vice of narrow souls; they feed it with all their littleness, and make it the pretext of base tyrannies.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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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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Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.
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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.
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