Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by feeling only their inconveniences.
HONORE DE BALZACCruelty and fear shake hands together.
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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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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
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Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
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It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing.
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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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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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The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
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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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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows.
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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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There is a cure for temptation. What? Yielding to it.
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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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