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How sternly we reproach virtue for its failings, how indulgent we are to the better qualities of vice!

Honore de Balzac

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Hatred is the vice of narrow souls; they feed it with all their littleness, and make it the pretext of base tyrannies.
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Food Hate Small Soul Vice
A lover teaches a wife all her husband has kept from her.
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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
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Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
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Need Solitude Yourself
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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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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Man Mischeif Woman
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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Dance Quite Right Woman
A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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Compare Creature Man Poor Woman
When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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Doubt Power Yourself
A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
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Creation Genius Husband Marriage Woman
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
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Those who spend too fast never grow rich.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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