A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.
HONORE DE BALZACPhysically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
More Honore de Balzac Quotes
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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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A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.
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How sternly we reproach virtue for its failings, how indulgent we are to the better qualities of vice!
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Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.
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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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The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
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There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles. Everything adds to it. Just as the being we love can do no wrong, so the one we hate can do no right.
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I can no longer think of anything but you. In spite of myself, my imagination carries me to you. I grasp you, I kiss you, I caress you, a thousand of the most amorous caresses take possession of me.
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Woman is a delightful instrument of pleasure, but it is necessary to know its trembling strings, to study the position of them, the timid keyboard, the fingering so changeful and capricious which befits it.
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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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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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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
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Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
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