As a rule, only the poor are generous.
HONORE DE BALZACThough the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.
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All human power is a compound of time and patience.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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No woman dares to refuse love without a motive, for nothing is more natural than to yield to love.
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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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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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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
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Women are happy to possess a man whom all women covet.
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Vice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.
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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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He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
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Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.
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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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People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
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The more one judges, the less one loves.
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One hour of love has a whole life in it.
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The greatest tyranny is to love I where we are not loved again.
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The more you judge, the less you love.
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Life is simply what out feelings do to us.
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People who are in love suspect nothing or everything.
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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
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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 motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
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It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
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