Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man.
HONORE DE BALZACEverybody all over the world takes a wife’s estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man.
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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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Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by feeling only their inconveniences.
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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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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
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Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.
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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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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
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The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
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Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.
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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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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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