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.
HONORE DE BALZACA man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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Poverty is a divine stepmother who does for youths what their own mothers were unable to do. It introduces them to frugality, to the world and to life.
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Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
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We love because we love.
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Women are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness.
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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.
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The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The public, like a foolish husband, always succumbs.
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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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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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The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
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Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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