Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.
HONORE DE BALZACMan is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise.
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It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
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Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.
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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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Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
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Like hunger, physical love is a necessity. But man’s appetite for amour is never so regular or so sustained as his appetite for the delights of the table.
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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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A mother who is really a mother is never free.
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The more you judge, the less you love.
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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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Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
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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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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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