A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.
HONORE DE BALZACForgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.
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As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.
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Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.
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Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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We love because we love.
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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
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Love is the poetry of the senses.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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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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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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