Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
HONORE DE BALZACNobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.
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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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Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other tempers, as woman’s destiny requires, have for the most part a mania for making everything about them bend to them.
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Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance.
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The good we do to others is spoilt unless we efface ourselves so completely that those we help have no sense of inferiority.
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People who are in love suspect nothing or everything.
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A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.
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It is as absurd to say that a man can’t love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.
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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.
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The more one judges, the less one loves.
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