When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.
HONORE DE BALZACA mother who is really a mother is never free.
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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Liberty begets anarchy, anarchy leads to despotism, and despotism brings about liberty once again. Millions of human beings have perished without being able to make any of these systems triumph.
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The greatest tyranny is to love I where we are not loved again.
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Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man.
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A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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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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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
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Those who spend too fast never grow rich.
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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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