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.
HONORE DE BALZACThe boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
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Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
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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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The good we do to others is spoilt unless we efface ourselves so completely that those we help have no sense of inferiority.
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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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Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it.
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Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
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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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Everybody all over the world takes a wife’s estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man.
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An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man’s entire existence.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
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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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