Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
HONORE DE BALZACA woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
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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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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows.
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Though 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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Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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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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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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Love is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.
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The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The public, like a foolish husband, always succumbs.
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Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
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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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Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
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The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
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Life cannot go on without much forgetting.
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