A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.
HONORE DE BALZACTemperament is the thermometer of character.
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The more you judge, the less you love.
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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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Women are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness.
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Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.
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All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all.
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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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We love because we love.
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He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
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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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Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other tempers, as woman’s destiny requires, have for the most part a mania for making everything about them bend to them.
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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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