The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
HONORE DE BALZACPassion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
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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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Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.
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Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.
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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise.
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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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First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
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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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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
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Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
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