The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
HONORE DE BALZACAs a rule, only the poor are generous.
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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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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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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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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
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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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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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Women are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness.
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Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.
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As a rule, only the poor are generous.
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A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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