Life is simply what out feelings do to us.
HONORE DE BALZACWe love because we love.
More Honore de Balzac Quotes
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The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!
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Hatred is the vice of narrow souls; they feed it with all their littleness, and make it the pretext of base tyrannies.
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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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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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As a rule, only the poor are generous.
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Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
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A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.
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No woman dares to refuse love without a motive, for nothing is more natural than to yield to love.
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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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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A courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons – the least rewarded of all forms of courage.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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