Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man.
HONORE DE BALZACThe boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
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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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Those who spend too fast never grow rich.
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A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
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Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.
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A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
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Life cannot go on without much forgetting.
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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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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.
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The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
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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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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.
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We love because we love.
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