The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
HONORE DE BALZACWomen see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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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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Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.
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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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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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There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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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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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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Liberty begets anarchy, anarchy leads to despotism, and despotism brings about liberty once again. Millions of human beings have perished without being able to make any of these systems triumph.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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No woman dares to refuse love without a motive, for nothing is more natural than to yield to love.
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