There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
HONORE DE BALZACAs a rule, only the poor are generous.
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Love, according to our contemporary poets, is a privilege which two beings confer upon one another, whereby they may mutually cause one another much sorrow over absolutely nothing.
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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 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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The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
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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 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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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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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all.
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Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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People who are in love suspect nothing or everything.
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He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
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Life is simply what out feelings do to us.
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