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.
HONORE DE BALZACIn intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.
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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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Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it.
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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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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.
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Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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Art’s greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.
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A mother who is really a mother is never free.
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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
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The greatest tyranny is to love I where we are not loved again.
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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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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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