How sternly we reproach virtue for its failings, how indulgent we are to the better qualities of vice!
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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Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
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Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
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A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.
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The more one judges, the less one loves.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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Gratitude is a fool’s word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.
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Vice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.
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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
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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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The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
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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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