Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
HONORE DE BALZACCourtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
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A courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons – the least rewarded of all forms of courage.
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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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Women are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness.
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Vice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man’s entire existence.
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It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing.
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The more you judge, the less you love.
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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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