Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.
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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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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Life is simply what out feelings do to us.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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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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People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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Women are happy to possess a man whom all women covet.
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The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The public, like a foolish husband, always succumbs.
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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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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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People who are in love suspect nothing or everything.
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A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
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Art’s greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.
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Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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