First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
HONORE DE BALZACWomen see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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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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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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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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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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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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Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.
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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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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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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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