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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

As a rule, only the poor are generous.
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Generosity Poor Rule
Woman is a delightful instrument of pleasure, but it is necessary to know its trembling strings, to study the position of them, the timid keyboard, the fingering so changeful and capricious which befits it.
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Change Delight Happiness Instrument Position Woman
Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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Heart Light Love See Woman
The more one judges, the less one loves.
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Judgement Love Oneself
Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
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Familiar Marriage Monster Similar
No woman dares to refuse love without a motive, for nothing is more natural than to yield to love.
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Dare Love Motive Natural Woman
Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man.
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Death Expectation Man True
Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
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Boredom Coffee People
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
Love is the poetry of the senses.
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Love Poetry Sense
Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.
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Man Sheep Strength Willing Woman
A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.
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Change Conduct Himself Man Opinion Wasted Time
Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.
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Hope Light Stimulation
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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Food Hate Small Soul Vice
The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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Heart Necessary Opportunity Win Woman
Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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Alcohol End Greatness Love Start

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