Life cannot go on without much forgetting.
HONORE DE BALZACA mother who is really a mother is never free.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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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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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.
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Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
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He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
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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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A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
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A lover teaches a wife all her husband has kept from her.
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Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.
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Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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