A courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons – the least rewarded of all forms of courage.
HONORE DE BALZACA lover teaches a wife all her husband has kept from her.
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Like hunger, physical love is a necessity. But man’s appetite for amour is never so regular or so sustained as his appetite for the delights of the table.
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A mother who is really a mother is never free.
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If we all said to people’s faces what we say behind one another’s backs, society would be impossible.
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Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.
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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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Women are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness.
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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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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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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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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.
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