Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.
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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To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.
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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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No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.
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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
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People who are in love suspect nothing or everything.
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If we all said to people’s faces what we say behind one another’s backs, society would be impossible.
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I can no longer think of anything but you. In spite of myself, my imagination carries me to you. I grasp you, I kiss you, I caress you, a thousand of the most amorous caresses take possession of me.
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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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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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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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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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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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Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
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Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.
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