Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.
HONORE DE BALZACTalent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.
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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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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
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If you are to judge a man, you must know his secret thoughts, sorrows, and feelings; to know merely the outward events of a man’s life would only serve to make a chronological table-a fool’s notion of history.
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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
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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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Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.
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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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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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Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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People who are in love suspect nothing or everything.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.
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No woman dares to refuse love without a motive, for nothing is more natural than to yield to love.
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