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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.

Honore de Balzac

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The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The public, like a foolish husband, always succumbs.
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Believe Force Husband Let Go Lying Media Public Yourself
He who best knows the world will love it least.
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Best Himself Love World
God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.
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Actor Drama God Heaven Man Poet Writing
Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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Confront Moral Resource Solitude
How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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Explanation Jealous Return
All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all.
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Courage Depend Energy Happiness Illusion Myself Work
True lovers know how trifling a thing is money yet how difficult to blend with love!
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Difficult Love Lover Money True
A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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Compare Creature Man Poor Woman
The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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Chivalry Love Oneself Service Wisdom
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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Hard Power Reveal Strike True
Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.
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Hope Light Stimulation
Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
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Heart Money Treasure Yourself
Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
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Need Solitude Yourself
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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Command Different Fact Kind Love Obedience Oneself Passion Quite
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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Dance Quite Right Woman

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