Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.
HONORE DE BALZACLove is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.
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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
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We love because we love.
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What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.
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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
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A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
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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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Coffee falls into the stomach. Ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop. the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similes arise, the paper is covered with ink.
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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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If you are to judge a man, you must know his secret thoughts, sorrows, and feelings; to know merely the outward events of a man’s life would only serve to make a chronological table-a fool’s notion of history.
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The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
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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.
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Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.
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All human power is a compound of time and patience.
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