The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
HONORE DE BALZACThe first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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One hour of love has a whole life in it.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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If we all said to people’s faces what we say behind one another’s backs, society would be impossible.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
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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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People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
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Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it.
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Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.
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Love is the poetry of the senses.
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Gratitude is a fool’s word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.
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Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
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A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
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God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.
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