Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
HONORE DE BALZACIf you are to judge a man, you must know his secret thoughts, sorrows, and feelings; to know merely the outward events of a man’s life would only serve to make a chronological table-a fool’s notion of history.
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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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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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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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Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows.
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He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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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.
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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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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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Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
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A courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons – the least rewarded of all forms of courage.
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Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another’s happiness than in your own.
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
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