A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
HONORE DE BALZACHe has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it.
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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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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
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Woman is a delightful instrument of pleasure, but it is necessary to know its trembling strings, to study the position of them, the timid keyboard, the fingering so changeful and capricious which befits it.
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Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.
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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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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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The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
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The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
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A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance.
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Coffee falls into the stomach. Ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop. the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similes arise, the paper is covered with ink.
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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 victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
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The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
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At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise.
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The more you judge, the less you love.
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Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.
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He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
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No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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Poverty is a divine stepmother who does for youths what their own mothers were unable to do. It introduces them to frugality, to the world and to life.
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