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

Honore de Balzac

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He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
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Life is simply what out feelings do to us.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
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How sternly we reproach virtue for its failings, how indulgent we are to the better qualities of vice!
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Poverty is a divine stepmother who does for youths what their own mothers were unable to do. It introduces them to frugality, to the world and to life.
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Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
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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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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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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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