The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
HONORE DE BALZACLove may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.
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Life is simply what out feelings do to us.
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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
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Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
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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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An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man’s entire existence.
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Coffee falls into the stomach. Ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop. the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similes arise, the paper is covered with ink.
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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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Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by feeling only their inconveniences.
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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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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In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.
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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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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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