Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
HONORE DE BALZACIn the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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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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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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Those who spend too fast never grow rich.
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How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!
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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
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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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Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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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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There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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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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