A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
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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Love, according to our contemporary poets, is a privilege which two beings confer upon one another, whereby they may mutually cause one another much sorrow over absolutely nothing.
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
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Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!
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To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals – that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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There is a cure for temptation. What? Yielding to it.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
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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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The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
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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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