Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.
HONORE DE BALZACThe secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
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A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.
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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
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All human power is a compound of time and patience.
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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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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.
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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 secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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It is as absurd to say that a man can’t love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.
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Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance.
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A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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