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.
HONORE DE BALZACBureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
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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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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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Life is simply what out feelings do to us.
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The good we do to others is spoilt unless we efface ourselves so completely that those we help have no sense of inferiority.
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A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.
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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
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Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
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First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
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