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Art’s greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.

Honore de Balzac

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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
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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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A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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The more you judge, the less you love.
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Life is simply what out feelings do to us.
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