A courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons – the least rewarded of all forms of courage.
HONORE DE BALZACMan is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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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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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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Hatred 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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Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
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Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles. Everything adds to it. Just as the being we love can do no wrong, so the one we hate can do no right.
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The more you judge, the less you love.
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The more one judges, the less one loves.
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Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance.
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Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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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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The good we do to others is spoilt unless we efface ourselves so completely that those we help have no sense of inferiority.
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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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