Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
HONORE DE BALZACCoffee falls into the stomach. Ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop. the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similes arise, the paper is covered with ink.
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One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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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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Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
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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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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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Life is simply what out feelings do to us.
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A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
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What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.
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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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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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One hour of love has a whole life in it.
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