Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man.
HONORE DE BALZACMen die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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Love is the poetry of the senses.
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.
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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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First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
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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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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
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When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich.
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Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
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A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.
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Vice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.
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