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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

Honore de Balzac

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God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.
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Actor Drama God Heaven Man Poet Writing
Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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Anticipation Fear Greatness Lying Ourselves
When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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Doubt Power Yourself
Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.
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Beginning Poverty
The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
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Fools Himself Man Philosophy Wife
In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.
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Children Family Intimate Life Moments Parents Willing
All human power is a compound of time and patience.
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Compound Human Patience Power Time
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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Affection Hate Heart Human Rare Slope
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
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Art Humanity Passion Religion Romance Universal Wasted
Love is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.
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Gratitude Happiness Love Pleasure
Art’s greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.
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Art Effort Greatness Nature
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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Love Mutual Poet Privilege Sorrow
We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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Confront Moral Resource Solitude
Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
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Greatness Growth Mom Passion Satisfaction Vice
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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Fond Happiness Memories Mom Pass
People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
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Fortune Happiness Misfortune Ourselves People

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