Women are happy to possess a man whom all women covet.
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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Everybody all over the world takes a wife’s estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man.
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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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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.
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Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles. Everything adds to it. Just as the being we love can do no wrong, so the one we hate can do no right.
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Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.
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A mother who is really a mother is never free.
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Love, according to our contemporary poets, is a privilege which two beings confer upon one another, whereby they may mutually cause one another much sorrow over absolutely nothing.
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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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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
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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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A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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Like hunger, physical love is a necessity. But man’s appetite for amour is never so regular or so sustained as his appetite for the delights of the table.
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All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all.
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