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.
HONORE DE BALZACWoman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.
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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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I can no longer think of anything but you. In spite of myself, my imagination carries me to you. I grasp you, I kiss you, I caress you, a thousand of the most amorous caresses take possession of me.
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Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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As a rule, only the poor are generous.
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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.
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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
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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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Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
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The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
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When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
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A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.
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Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it.
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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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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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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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Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.
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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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Life is simply what out feelings do to us.
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