Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
HONORE DE BALZACMarriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
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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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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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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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A mother who is really a mother is never free.
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A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
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There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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People who are in love suspect nothing or everything.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals – that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.
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An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man’s entire existence.
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Everybody all over the world takes a wife’s estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
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