He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
HONORE DE BALZACCan 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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A lover teaches a wife all her husband has kept from her.
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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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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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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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The more one judges, the less one loves.
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At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise.
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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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People who are in love suspect nothing or everything.
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Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.
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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
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An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man’s entire existence.
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What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.
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The good we do to others is spoilt unless we efface ourselves so completely that those we help have no sense of inferiority.
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Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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