Love is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.
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An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man’s entire existence.
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A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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Gratitude is a fool’s word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.
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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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Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows.
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It is as absurd to say that a man can’t love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.
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How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!
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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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Love is the poetry of the senses.
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Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.
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Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another’s happiness than in your own.
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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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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