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.
HONORE DE BALZACNo man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.
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A lover teaches a wife all her husband has kept from her.
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To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.
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Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.
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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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A mother who is really a mother is never free.
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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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Gratitude is a fool’s word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
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Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by feeling only their inconveniences.
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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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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man.
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