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.
HONORE DE BALZACThe 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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Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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Women are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness.
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A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.
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To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals – that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.
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It is as absurd to say that a man can’t love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.
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Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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We love because we love.
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The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.
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A mother who is really a mother is never free.
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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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