Temperament is the thermometer of character.
HONORE DE BALZACThe duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
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To 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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Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.
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Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
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A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
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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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Art’s greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.
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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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A lover teaches a wife all her husband has kept from her.
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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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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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A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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