Everybody all over the world takes a wife’s estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man.
HONORE DE BALZACA mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
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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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Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
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True lovers know how trifling a thing is money yet how difficult to blend with love!
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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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It is as absurd to say that a man can’t love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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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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If we all said to people’s faces what we say behind one another’s backs, society would be impossible.
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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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Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
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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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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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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 duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
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