A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
HONORE DE BALZACNothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
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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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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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Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.
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The more you judge, the less you love.
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Poverty is a divine stepmother who does for youths what their own mothers were unable to do. It introduces them to frugality, to the world and to life.
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Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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Those who spend too fast never grow rich.
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It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing.
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At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise.
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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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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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The greatest tyranny is to love I where we are not loved again.
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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Women are happy to possess a man whom all women covet.
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