Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
HONORE DE BALZACLove is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.
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The more you judge, the less you love.
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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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How sternly we reproach virtue for its failings, how indulgent we are to the better qualities of vice!
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A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.
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One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
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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. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.
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A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.
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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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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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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
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Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance.
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Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
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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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