Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.
HONORE DE BALZACTrue love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
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The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
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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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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
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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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When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich.
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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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The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
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Women are happy to possess a man whom all women covet.
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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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Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
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Those who spend too fast never grow rich.
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Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
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