Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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The more you judge, the less you love.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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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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What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.
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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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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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If you are to judge a man, you must know his secret thoughts, sorrows, and feelings; to know merely the outward events of a man’s life would only serve to make a chronological table-a fool’s notion of history.
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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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Women are happy to possess a man whom all women covet.
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Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.
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Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.
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It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing.
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To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.
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