We love because we love.
HONORE DE BALZACLove is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.
More Honore de Balzac Quotes
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Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows.
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No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.
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The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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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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Poverty is a divine stepmother who does for youths what their own mothers were unable to do. It introduces them to frugality, to the world and to life.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.
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Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
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Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
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The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
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As a rule, only the poor are generous.
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