Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
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Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.
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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.
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All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all.
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Women are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness.
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Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.
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In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.
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A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
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Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.
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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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