Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
HONORE DE BALZACLike 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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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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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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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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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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The more one judges, the less one loves.
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Everybody all over the world takes a wife’s estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man.
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Art’s greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
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The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
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Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance.
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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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