Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
HONORE DE BALZACTalent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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Liberty begets anarchy, anarchy leads to despotism, and despotism brings about liberty once again. Millions of human beings have perished without being able to make any of these systems triumph.
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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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Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
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Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another’s happiness than in your own.
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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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Love is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.
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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.
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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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Those who spend too fast never grow rich.
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Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.
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Vice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.
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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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