Art’s greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.
HONORE DE BALZACPhysically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
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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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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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Hatred is the vice of narrow souls; they feed it with all their littleness, and make it the pretext of base tyrannies.
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Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.
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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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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
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Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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If we all said to people’s faces what we say behind one another’s backs, society would be impossible.
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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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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True 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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There is a cure for temptation. What? Yielding to it.
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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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