Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.
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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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Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.
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Women are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness.
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All human power is a compound of time and patience.
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Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
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Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another’s happiness than in your own.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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Love is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.
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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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The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
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Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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