Temperament is the thermometer of character.
HONORE DE BALZACTalent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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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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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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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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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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Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.
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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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There is a cure for temptation. What? Yielding to it.
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No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.
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Women are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness.
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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A mother who is really a mother is never free.
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Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
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Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.
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