Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by feeling only their inconveniences.
HONORE DE BALZACThe 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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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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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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A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
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Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.
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Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.
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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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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
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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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Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance.
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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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