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Gratitude is a fool’s word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.

Honore de Balzac

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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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God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.
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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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The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
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Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by feeling only their inconveniences.
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The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.
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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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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.
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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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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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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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Art’s greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.
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