He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
HONORE DE BALZACForgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.
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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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Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.
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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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Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles. Everything adds to it. Just as the being we love can do no wrong, so the one we hate can do no right.
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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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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
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Hatred is the vice of narrow souls; they feed it with all their littleness, and make it the pretext of base tyrannies.
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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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Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
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