Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
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 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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Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.
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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.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
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Women are happy to possess a man whom all women covet.
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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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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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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows.
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Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man.
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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
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Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.
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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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