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The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.

Honore de Balzac

People who are in love suspect nothing or everything.
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Love People Suspect
A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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Husband Lover Run Thinking Way
Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance.
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Happiness Ignorance Moments
True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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Equality Forever Love Pure True
The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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Crime Forget Fortune Reason Secret
How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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Explanation Jealous Return
To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals – that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.
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Forever Greatness Ideal Live Praise Presence World
Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
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Familiar Marriage Monster Similar
The more you judge, the less you love.
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Judge Love Yourself
True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
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Equality Forever Heart Love Poor True Violence Young
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
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
Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles. Everything adds to it. Just as the being we love can do no wrong, so the one we hate can do no right.
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Food Hate Love Right Wrong
Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
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Heart Money Treasure Yourself
Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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Feature Himself Man Woman
Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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Alcohol End Greatness Love Start

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