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.
HONORE DE BALZACDo you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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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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People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
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If you are to judge a man, you must know his secret thoughts, sorrows, and feelings; to know merely the outward events of a man’s life would only serve to make a chronological table-a fool’s notion of history.
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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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No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.
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Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.
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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
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Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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The more you judge, the less you love.
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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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A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
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A mother who is really a mother is never free.
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