Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
HONORE DE BALZACLiberty begets anarchy, anarchy leads to despotism, and despotism brings about liberty once again. Millions of human beings have perished without being able to make any of these systems triumph.
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Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.
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The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.
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Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
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Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.
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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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Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
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At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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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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First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
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Liberty begets anarchy, anarchy leads to despotism, and despotism brings about liberty once again. Millions of human beings have perished without being able to make any of these systems triumph.
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