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He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.

Honore de Balzac

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
Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.
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Change Charm Creature Heart Herself Woman
Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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Heart Light Love See Woman
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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Change Conduct Himself Man Opinion Wasted Time
How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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Explanation Jealous Return
A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.
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Dangerous Naked Oneself Skills Woman
Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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Happiness Hard Joy Moments Sorrow
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
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Action Difficult Easy Notice
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
People who are in love suspect nothing or everything.
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Love People Suspect
Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.
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Conversion Earth Equality Fact Power Right
Like hunger, physical love is a necessity. But man’s appetite for amour is never so regular or so sustained as his appetite for the delights of the table.
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Appetite Hungry Love Man Necessary Sex
The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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Heart Necessary Opportunity Win Woman
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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Equality Forever Heart Love Poor True Violence Young
The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
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Fools Himself Man Philosophy Wife
Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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Event Person Result

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