A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
HONORE DE BALZACCourtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.
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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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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
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As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.
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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.
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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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Life cannot go on without much forgetting.
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Coffee falls into the stomach. Ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop. the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similes arise, the paper is covered with ink.
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Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles. Everything adds to it. Just as the being we love can do no wrong, so the one we hate can do no right.
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Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.
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One hour of love has a whole life in it.
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Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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