Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.
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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Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.
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Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
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Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.
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Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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When 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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Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
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Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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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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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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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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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
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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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