As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.
HONORE DE BALZACHatred is the vice of narrow souls; they feed it with all their littleness, and make it the pretext of base tyrannies.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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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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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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One hour of love has a whole life in it.
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A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
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No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.
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What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.
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Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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As a rule, only the poor are generous.
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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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