Coffee falls into the stomach. Ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop. the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similes arise, the paper is covered with ink.
HONORE DE BALZACTo live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals – that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.
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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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The more one judges, the less one loves.
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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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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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Vice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.
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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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Those who spend too fast never grow rich.
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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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People who are in love suspect nothing or everything.
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Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another’s happiness than in your own.
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