The more one judges, the less one loves.
HONORE DE BALZACWomen are happy to possess a man whom all women covet.
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Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
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Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
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If we all said to people’s faces what we say behind one another’s backs, society would be impossible.
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A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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The more you judge, the less you love.
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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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Love is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.
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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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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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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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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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Art’s greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.
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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
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Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
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Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
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One hour of love has a whole life in it.
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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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True lovers know how trifling a thing is money yet how difficult to blend with love!
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The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
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As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.
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In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.
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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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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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Poverty is a divine stepmother who does for youths what their own mothers were unable to do. It introduces them to frugality, to the world and to life.
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All human power is a compound of time and patience.
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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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