Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.
HONORE DE BALZACWhen women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.
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The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The public, like a foolish husband, always succumbs.
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Life is simply what out feelings do to us.
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The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.
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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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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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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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A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
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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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Everybody all over the world takes a wife’s estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man.
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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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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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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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As a rule, only the poor are generous.
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