A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.
HONORE DE BALZACWomen see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
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It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing.
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Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another’s happiness than in your own.
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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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It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.
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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
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People who are in love suspect nothing or everything.
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Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man.
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Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it.
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A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.
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Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.
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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
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Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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