Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.
HONORE DE BALZACTrue 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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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
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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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If 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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Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.
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No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.
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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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Women are happy to possess a man whom all women covet.
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As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.
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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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The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.
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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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Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance.
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